Re: Merit Radius and Portmaster

Craig Norborg (doc@garcon.qtm.net)
Thu, 16 Nov 1995 08:13:12 -0500

In message <199511161255.HAA28591@ohm.merit.edu>,William Bulley writes:
>According to Garry Shtern:
>>
>> Can anybody tell me how exactly do you set up Portmaster and
>> Merit Radius together to authenticate between PPP, SLIP and Telnet
>> logins. So for instance you get a prompt Username:, then Password: and
>> then after it verifies who you are, it comes up with the Prompt Choose:
>> and you type ppp,slip or telnet there...
>The setup we use relies upon the PortMaster prompting for the "host:"
>first, then the "login:" and "password:"
>
>You set this up using "set sXX host prompt" or "set all host prompt"
>I believe, but I could have the wrong syntax...
>
>As long as the NAS sends the Service-Type "hint" to RADIUS, the stuff
>in Merit RADIUS (protocol_check() routine) and in our users file (see
>the commentary near the end of the users file) does what you want. I
>think! The user is "given" whatever protocol he/she dials in with...

Hmm... I think what he is asking is whether there is any
way to skip the "host:" prompt and just have some change in the
way you login. Whether it be "Puser", "user%host", "user.ppp", etc...

-Doc