Re: CISTRON vs. FreeRADIUS :: Extra Bit and/or Case Sensitivity
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ryan Beisner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In FreeRADIUS there is an option to alter the user name's case Before or After authentication (failure). I have many users who (even though you say to use lower case), continue to use a capital letter or two in their login name. Since all users are entered into Linux as lower-case, the authentication fails in CISTRON RADIUSD whereas it had passed in FreeRADIUS. (Authentication method is System.) System is RH8. Can you force usernames to be rewritten in lowercase on the fly using CISTRON like you can with FreeRADIUS? (ie. force lower case before authentication attempt) No, you can't. And I'm against it as well: been there, done that. It only works if you also hack the POP3 and FTP servers the same way, otherwise those users will call the support desk saying 'your system is broken, my login/password works for dialing in but not to POP my mail!' Mike. -- Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job -- Douglas Adams. - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
CISTRON vs. FreeRADIUS :: Extra Bit and/or Case Sensitivity
Hi All- Well, this is slightly entertaining: ((this is not a FreeRADIUS mis-posting, please read on...)) I've been using FreeRADIUS for a few weeks on a USR Hiper Access 96 bank dialup rack, authenticating with PAP. Randomly, a forward slash plus three digits were being added to the password portion of the authentication request. The FreeRADIUS forum folks said it was a glitch in my W98 client(s) -- they were sometimes sending an extra bit of info (?). While I could definitely buy the possibility that MS had once again screwed up a standard protocol, I decided to try CISTRON RADIUSD. Guess what? No more /### at the end of passwords. Ok, so I don't have people saying sometimes it accepts my password, and sometimes it doesn't ... what's going on? Good deal. Yeah. But... In FreeRADIUS there is an option to alter the user name's case Before or After authentication (failure). I have many users who (even though you say to use lower case), continue to use a capital letter or two in their login name. Since all users are entered into Linux as lower-case, the authentication fails in CISTRON RADIUSD whereas it had passed in FreeRADIUS. (Authentication method is System.) System is RH8. ---== My question is: ==--- ---=== Can you force usernames to be rewritten in lowercase on the fly using CISTRON like you can with FreeRADIUS? (ie. force lower case before authentication attempt) All help and comments on the subject will be greatly appreciated. TIA! -Ryan Beisner ... - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
Re: CISTRON vs. FreeRADIUS :: Extra Bit and/or Case Sensitivity
I *am* reading the freeradius-users list. Was there any need to send an extra copy of the message to me, in addition to the list? Ryan Beisner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been using FreeRADIUS for a few weeks on a USR Hiper Access 96 bank dialup rack, authenticating with PAP. Randomly, a forward slash plus No, a back-slash. See your original post: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg13422.html three digits were being added to the password portion of the authentication request. The FreeRADIUS forum folks said it was a glitch in my W98 client(s) -- they were sometimes sending an extra bit of info (?). Again, that's *not* what I said. See my response: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg13424.html So it looks like it's a bug in FreeRADIUS. I'm still wondering why no one else with a similar setup sees the same problem. Try grabbing the latest CVS snapshot of FreeRADIUS and running that. Maybe there was a problem during compilation... ---=== Can you force usernames to be rewritten in lowercase on the fly using CISTRON like you can with FreeRADIUS? (ie. force lower case before authentication attempt) Sure. Edit the source code. Alan DeKok. - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
