[Bug 555843] Review Request: pam_radius - PAM Module for RADIUS Authentication

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--- Comment #15 from timlank <timlank at timlank.com> 2010-02-22 06:33:19 EST ---

for transparency, below is a conversation with the developer regarding the
default location of the .conf file (server) in /etc/raddb and why I ended up
changing it to /etc/pam_radius.conf ....

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: John Dennis <jdennis at redhat.com>
Date: Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 9:05 AM
Subject: Fwd: Re: Fwd: Fwd: packaging pam_radius_auth and including it in
Fedora
To: timlank at timlank.com


I think Alan forgot to CC you so I'm forwarding this. Bottom line, you
want to pick a different file and there is no need for a dependency on
freeradius.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Fwd: Fwd: packaging pam_radius_auth and including it in Fedora
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:53:21 +0100
From: Alan DeKok <aland at ox.org>
Reply-To: aland at ox.org
To: John Dennis <jdennis at redhat.com>

John Dennis wrote:
>
> However, having said that I thought pam_radius was meant to be
> independent of the radius server, in other words it submits a auth
> request to a configured server with need not be co-resident on the same
> machine. If that's the case then there should be no dependency on
> freeradius and any of it's directories.

 Yes.  The PAM module shouldn't use /etc/raddb.  It should use
/etc/pam_radius.conf (or something PAM specific)

 Alan DeKok.

(sent from @ox.org, as @freeradius.org results in:

<jdennis at redhat.com>: host mx1.redhat.com[209.132.183.28] said: 553 5.1.8
   <aland at freeradius.org>... Domain of sender address aland at freeradius.org
   does not exist (in reply to MAIL FROM command)

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