Re: free radius only working in debug mode
steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I DID READ the radiusd.conf file And YES I did change that part to group=shadow And I still did not work That is why I posted here... I had to change to user=root and group=root to make the thing work.. Did you try 'ls -l /etc/shadow' ?? That would tell you the user/group ownership, and access priviledges of /etc/shadow. You can then edit radiusd.conf, to make it work. The comments about configuring on various operatings systems *might* have caught your interest, to double-check what to do on your own operating systems. Ummm.. Maybe you should but that in your bloody .conf file I'm sorry. The server doesn't come with sufficient documentation to cover every possibility that every system administrator can encounter. And writing 'configure' scripts to detect and handle every possibility is very difficult. If you would be willing to write such documentation, or post patches to the 'configure' scripts, then we would be delighted to add it to the source tree. Please don't be surprised if a free server doesn't work perfectly as you desire, right out of the box. And to answer the questions as to why I'm so rude on these topics: I find it *incredibly* frustrating when I write code, documentation, answer messages for free on the list, and people *still* demand that I do more, so that they can do less work themselves. I've said this before, if you don't like my free advice, I will be endlessly polite, patient, and helpful for the low-low price of $100 U.S. per hour. Until then, don't be surprised if you get what you paid for. Alan DeKok. - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
Re: free radius only working in debug mode
Well I DID READ the radiusd.conf file And YES I did change that part to group=shadow And I still did not work That is why I posted here... I had to change to user=root and group=root to make the thing work.. Ummm.. Maybe you should but that in your bloody .conf file Thanks - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 7:12 AM Subject: Re: free radius only working in debug mode steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just install free radius on Solaris 8. The problem I am haveing is that free radius will only authenticate in debug mode. Note that *reading* the radiusd.conf file would make the problem, and solution, clear. To quote: # On systems with shadow passwords, you might have to set 'group = shadow' # for the server to be able to read the shadow password file. If you can # authenticate users while in debug mode, but not in normal use, it may be # because the debugged server is running as a user that can read the shadow # info, and the below user can not. It's not OK to just blindly install the server, and expect it to work exactly as you want. You've got to configure it for your local system. Alan DeKok. - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
Re: free radius only working in debug mode
I had the same problem when I first fired up freeradius. I was authenticating off of the local shadow file. The problem turned out to be that the username ( / group) listed in the radiusd.conf file did not have permissions to read the shadow password file. (Note that freeradius does NOT launch under the configured username when run in debug mode, which completely masks permissions problems like this one.) Vincent Giovannone Network Infrastructure Group Information Services Division Rush - Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center Monday is the term used to signify the eighth day of my work week. |+--- || steve | || steve@oceanw| || ide.co.nz | || | || 08/16/2001 | || 08:54 PM | || Please | || respond to | || freeradius-us| || ers | || | |+--- --| | | | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | cc: (bcc: Vincent Giovannone/Rush/RSH) | | Subject: free radius only working in debug mode| --| Hello, I have just install free radius on Solaris 8. The problem I am haveing is that free radius will only authenticate in debug mode. If I start it like this radiusd -xxyz -l stdout works great. But when I start it like this radiusd It starts OK but rejects all users. Has anyone seen this problem before? I can post config's and debug outputs or logfiles etc. if needed. Thank you Steve - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
Re: free radius only working in debug mode
At 01:54 AM 8/17/2001 +, you wrote: Hello, I have just install free radius on Solaris 8. The problem I am haveing is that free radius will only authenticate in debug mode. If I start it like this radiusd -xxyz -l stdout works great. But when I start it like this radiusd It starts OK but rejects all users. Has anyone seen this problem before? I can post config's and debug outputs or logfiles etc. if needed. Check the section of the 'radiusd.conf' file where you set the user and group to run as. You'll probably need to change that to 'root:root' if it's not set that way already. -Chris -- \\\|||/// \ Chris Parker-Manager, Development Engineering \ ~ ~ / \ WX *is* Wireless!\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | @ @ |\ http://www.starnetwx.net \ (847) 963-0116 oOo---(_)---oOo--\-- \ Without C we would have 'obol', 'basi', and 'pasal' - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
