>>>Here's my scream for a port to NT.
>At 01:02 AM 11/3/95 UNDEFINED, Dan Graupman wrote:
>>As an interim solution couldn't you just put together a cheap 386 system
>>running Linux to handle RADIUS?
>Sure, but in that case couldn't a UnixWare user just put together a BSD box,
>or a VAX user just throw together a little HP/UX machine? or maybe a SCO
>machine... you see what I mean. We want an elegant solution. I don't like
>basing my livelihood on a "cheap 386 system" I would rather run RADIUS on 2
>fault tolerant NT machines which have been running w/o ANY problems since
>March w/ zero downtime. I can manage _everything_ from anywhere in the world
>quickly and easily. I can hire people that simply know how to operate
>Windows and easily show them how to add users, add rights, setup a virtual
>web server, etc... You simply can't have a novice do high level
>administration on UNIX... (please no flames!) I want a reliable, scalable,
>multi-processor, fault tolerant, secure OS and NT fits the bill perfectly.
Well it's clear that this bothers you. Maybe I should explain what I meant.
- Put together a linux box dedicated to just providing RADIUS services.
- The setup with a slackware distribution would be pretty much plug and
play.
- NFS mount the Linux disk (or install samba and mount it as a windows network
drive)
- Write programs on your NT machine to maintain and update the users file
as you add/remove accounts. Or pay a consultant to set it up for you.
- Once setup the administrator should only be required to find the icon to
click on to add a user, then answer a couple prompts for user name and
password.
- To the person sitting in front of the NT machine. The Linux box is just
that, a box which handles the RADIUS authentication. All of the data seems
to be right there in one of the NT's directories.
Yes this could be done with any operating system that works with radius, I use
Linux. No I'm not suggesting that you base your livelihood on a "cheap 386
machine". It just so happens that a simple 386 system would be over kill if
all it did was provide RADIUS services. I'm sure if you looked you could find
an expensive 386 system to run it on. I'm also sure that good quality 386
systems are currently available dirt cheap. For fault tolerances buy 2 systems,
Radius supports primary and secondary servers.
Remember jobs are finished faster and better if you use the right tool for
each portion of the job. You don't build a house with just a hammer. I just
suggested a tool I thought you may have overlooked, or didn't realize how easy
it would be to use.
Sorry if the tone of this is taken wrong, it's been a long night.
Dan
graupman@fnphy.fnal.gov