-----Original Message----- From: Jeff Noxon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Matthew D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Debian User <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Date: Tuesday, May 05, 1998 2:53 PM Subject: Re: Radius Server Authentication
>On Tue, May 05, 1998 at 01:36:54PM -0500, Matthew D. Myers wrote: >> I would like to know if there is some way to make linux authenticate telnet >> and ftp sessions from a radius servers' user list? > >The answer is probably, if you recompile login, ftp, etc. to use PAM, >and then configure PAM appropriately. But it sounds like a big pain, >and I'm not sure how you'd get UID's and GID's from a RADIUS server. >You'd still need /etc/passwd and /etc/group entries. And you'd need to >provide a way for users to change their passwords... and so on. > >Sounds like a better idea might be to hack RADIUS to use NIS for >authentication. But then again I can only guess about what you're >trying to accomplish. > >Good luck, > >Jeff > > Ok... what is PAM ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
