Re: Radius login to shell accounts

William Bulley (web@merit.edu)
Tue, 7 Nov 1995 10:49:19 -0500 (EST)

According to Michael L Judson:
>
> Anyway, I also noticed that the PPP login name and shell account
> login can use the same username (it's so difficult explaining to the
> users that a "PPP login name" is not the same as a "shell account
> login name"). I can also set the Radius PPP authentication password
> to UNIX so that the passwords will be the same. The question is, is
> this a good idea? If a user changes their shell password through
> their shell account, or through a PPP mail program (such as Eudora),
> then their PPP password changes too and they'll have to reconfigure
> their PPP dialer. Is it better to keep it a separate password?

So, why continue to maintain two separate accounts? RADIUS can work
just fine to authenticate your users using both PPP and telnet access
with only one UNIX account and password. Why fight it? Why confuse
your users?

Regards,

web...

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