Re: PPP & Shell with the same account

Michael L Judson (judson@linex.com)
Tue, 7 Nov 1995 12:42:49 -0800 (PST)

On Tue, 7 Nov 1995, John W. Temples wrote:

> > I just did a stock install of the RADIUS server and got it to work as
> > described above. In the /etc/raddb/users file, use "UNIX" as the
> > password for PPP accounts (so that it uses the host's /etc/passwd
> > file, and leave security off on the ports on the terminal server.
> >
> > Or have I committed a grave security risk?
>
> No, but I think you misunderstood what the original poster wants to do.
> He wants to allow users to have a single username which will give them
> both a shell and a PPP login depending on how they log in. That can't
> be done with Livingston's RADIUS server.

Exactly. That's what I meant too. The same login name and password
will work with either the shell account or PPP account.