Abdul Rehman Gani wrote:
>
> > Bruno Negrão wrote:
> >
> > Hy all,
> >
> > Had someone already made a Radius server get its passwords of ppp
> > access users in the vchkpw database?
> > I don't want to have /etc/passwd.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > |-----------------------------------------------
> > |--Bruno Negrão ------------------------
> > |--Engepel Teleinformática ---------
> > |-----------------------------------------------
>
> Hi Bruno,
>
> Sorry to reply via the list. I did not see the original request and so do
> not have your email address.
>
> I have modified Cistron Radius 1.6.3 (http://www.miquels.cistron.nl/radius/)
> to work with vpopmail. All authentication is done via the functions in the
> vpopmail library, so users login using their entire email address. No system
> accounts and only one place to update user information.
>
> Let me know if you want a copy of my sources, but bear in mind that this is
> a hack to work with my particular setup and was not meant for public
> consumption; therefore it might not suit you without some mods.
>
> Basically we have:-
>
> 1. vpopmail 3.4.11-2.released modified to set/reset bit fields in GID (I
> think the latest vpopmail includes that functionality) and to create a
> directory called 'web' in the users home directory
>
> 2. cistron radius modified to authenticate against the vpopmail library and
> to use the information in the GID fields to determine user group (we have
> mail-only, full access and isdn)
>
> 3. ftpd modified to use the vpopmail library for authentication and to
> determine the user's home directory for chrooting purposes.
>
> 4. load mod_rewrite into apache to map a user to his home dir (ie if
> www.eastcoast.co.za/abdulg is requested, then map to
> /var/home/domains/eastcoast.co.za/5/abdulg/web)
>
> 5. run a daily cron job to create a the map for mod_rewrite from the vpasswd
> files.
>
> Regards
>
> Abdul
Wow! Great work.
Ken
