Re: Multiple passwd files and radius

William Bulley (web@merit.edu)
Thu, 19 Oct 1995 10:23:36 -0400 (EDT)

According to Chris Schmidt:
>
> I want to have a single radius server serve all these sites. However, you
> can quickly run out of user names if enough John Smiths sign up, for instance.

Try the Merit version of RADIUS.

> So, is it possible for radius and unix to work together somehow so that
> a given portmaster can point to a given passwd file on the radius server.

Yep!

> Of course, you run into all sorts of unix problems at that point, with
> uids and stuff, but we're only being theoretical at this point.

Not true, it works just fine.

> I mean, it doesn't make sense to have a radius server for each portmaster
> at a given site, does it. It also is not all the feasible to enter the
> user info directly into the portmaster instead of using radius.

Sure, why not? That is where your users are, yes?

Regards,

web...

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