(RADIATOR) Berkley DB format database

[Pete]

Hi All,

We're installing a couple of new Cobalt Raq 550s (one as a backup for the other) and I personally don't have a clue about what's going on. Of course we are using Radiator on the apache servers with Redhat Linux but we are also using Platypus billing system on a windows server for billing and online sign-up. Sounds simple enough until you get into the Raq 550s and the need to be able to manually manipulate the users and their passwords through the Raq 550 GUI if  the windows server goes down. So, we hire this fellow that is one hell of a lot smarter than me and he's got questions I don't even understand. Anybody got any answers to the question sent to me below? (Got the billing software question handled)

Pete,

 

Here's the problem.  The old radius server on the Raq 3 used the system's (/etc/passwd) users to control the users in the radius server.  On the Raq 550, a database -- not /etc/passwd -- is used to control radius (raidiator) access.  As a result, the usernames entered into the Raq's control panel do not appear in /etc/passwd, thus if the Radiator is setup to read /etc/passwd, those users will be missing.  I need to find out if the Radiator can read a Berkley DB format database; if so, then the radiator could be setup to use that.  If not, then the billing software or some other tool will have to be setup to handle users.

 

So the questions that need answered are:

 

Can the Radiator software read a Berkley Database system for user authentication?

 

If not, then can the billing software manage users?

If yes, what type of file/database does the billing software require to manage users?

Thanks,
Pete Hays
www.urisp.net