yes josh, as you guessed it, it doesn't work with HP-UX and Solaris (to some extent, as it provides a warning during useradd command with '@' in the username). We don't plan to use LDAP for NSS immediately.
thanks to all. sayan Josh Howlett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Sayan, I think I have tried this previously, and it was possible (on Linux/glibc anyway - YMMV with other unices). TBH, I don't really see the point in using RADIUS when you'll (probably) want to use LDAP anyway for nss resolution, so you might as well just use LDAP for PAM. josh. > -----Original Message----- > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > org > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] eradius.org] On Behalf Of Sayan S > Sent: 20 August 2007 14:04 > To: FreeRadius users mailing list > Subject: Re: PAM Radius > > Thanks Alan for the quick response. > I am referring to realm here, as RADIUS support realms, and > we are using RADIUS to authenticate the users to Linux, so > seems like we need to have all users contained in the same realm. > > Is having username in [EMAIL PROTECTED] form a valid unix format? I > was thinking the first part of the [EMAIL PROTECTED] should be the > unix username though the radius request is sent as > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Otherwise we need to have a comprehensive > [EMAIL PROTECTED] to Unix-userid mapping. > > regards, > sayan > > Alan DeKok wrote: > > Sayan S wrote: > > Greetings, I am very new to RADIUS and PAM RADIUS. > > I am trying to configure PAM Radius to authenticate > users on a Linux > > host. I would like to know, how to configure PAM > Radius to authenticate > > users from different realms, as the current > configuration doesn't seem > > to take realm. > > You don't use realms in Unix logins. > > > please help me with this as I have configured users > to be part of > > different realms on radius server and now want to > authenticate all those > > users to the same Linux host. > > You just login as "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". That might work. > > Alan DeKok. > - > List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See > http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html > > > > ________________________________ > > Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. > Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. > n_center/;> _ylc=X3oDMTE5cDF2bXZzBF9TAzk3MTA3MDc2BHNlYwNtYWlsdGFncwRzbGsDZ > 3JlZW4tY2VudGVy> > - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html --------------------------------- Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more.
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