RE: New to FreeRADIUS and looking for answers...

2006-08-27 Thread Geoff Dornan
Agreed in most aspects, but how I find it easier to learn, and by learn I mean been able to understand why it works, is by trial and error, anyone can cut and paste a few lines in a file and get it working but really how much would you have you have advanced your knowledge on a specific project

RE: New to FreeRADIUS and looking for answers...

2006-08-27 Thread Scott Holland
Hi Geoff, I would agree nothing like winning and making it work! I have made the jump from software development to more server and networking stuff so I understand where you are coming from. Having said that, I for one like to see projects, or examples of how to handle a certain task and

RE: New to FreeRADIUS and looking for answers...

2006-08-27 Thread King, Michael
Well Scott. You've seemed to make everyone chime in on the lack of documentation on the Internet for Linux as a whole (That's a summary of the 5 proceeding messages) But nobody answered your question. :-) Scott, your looking at the wrong software product for what you do. Well, FreeRADIUS

Re: New to FreeRADIUS and looking for answers...

2006-08-27 Thread Alan DeKok
affora deeb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i need someone to help me in configuring free radius on linux server step by step To do... what? Alan DeKok. -- http://deployingradius.com - The web site of the book http://deployingradius.com/blog/ - The blog - List

Re: New to FreeRADIUS and looking for answers...

2006-08-27 Thread Peter Nixon
On Sun 27 Aug 2006 16:17, Scott Holland wrote: Hi Geoff, I would agree nothing like winning and making it work! I have made the jump from software development to more server and networking stuff so I understand where you are coming from. Having said that, I for one like to see projects, or

Re: New to FreeRADIUS and looking for answers...

2006-08-27 Thread Alan DeKok
Scott Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The situation with FreeRADIUS is much the same in some respects its just the documentation that comes with the package doesn't really point you in the right direction in terms of how to go about a complete set up based on XYZ requirements. Does

Re: New to FreeRADIUS and looking for answers...

2006-08-26 Thread Alan DeKok
Scott Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In short, I need to better monitor what users are doing and restrict the level of access they have such as what websites they can visit and so on. In part, I feel FreeRADIUS can help. Unfortunately, probably not. RADIUS is about obtaining network

Re: New to FreeRADIUS and looking for answers...

2006-08-26 Thread Scott Holland
Hi Alan, Many thanks for your comments. I understand RADIUS is only part of the solution to my problem and I would need to also put in place a proxy to control the level of access people get but thus far, its been a long and hard road. Is it even worth my while to get this RADIUS book or is

Re: New to FreeRADIUS and looking for answers...

2006-08-26 Thread Alan DeKok
Scott Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it even worth my while to get this RADIUS book or is it just too far out of date? For a complete beginner, it's a decent start. But it's somewhat complicated, and yet content-free. And is your book going to be free, or will it be a paid E-Book?

Re: New to FreeRADIUS and looking for answers...

2006-08-26 Thread Scott Holland
Fantastic! I look forward to it! :) From: Alan DeKok [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: FreeRadius users mailing list freeradius-users@lists.freeradius.org To: FreeRadius users mailing list freeradius-users@lists.freeradius.org Subject: Re: New to FreeRADIUS and looking for answers... Date: Sat, 26