Re: PPP & Shell with the same account

John W. Temples (john@gulfa.kuwait.net)
Wed, 8 Nov 1995 13:28:09 +0300 (GMT)

> > > > On Tue, 7 Nov 1995, Michael L Judson wrote:
> >
> > Which means you're not even using RADIUS, so the users file is never
> > being consulted.
>
> But it is. I was surprised when it worked, so I double checked to
> make sure the PPP login name that I was using was *not* in the terminal
> server's user table, and it was not.

I don't see how that's possible. The manual specifically states
"...security must be set to ON in order for RADIUS daemon to perform
lookups in the users file."

> I also have the radacct file show
> that the login came in through RADIUS authentication.

Maybe accounting transactions are sent to the RADIUS server if the PM
has an accounting server configured, even with security off.

Perhaps someone at Livingston could tell us if there is some condition
under which RADIUS queries would be sent with security off.

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