Re: radiusd-freeradius history and future
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 03:37:29PM +1100, Russell Coker wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:11, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote:
> > That would need a reimplementation of some (all?) of the servers. Wouldn't
> > it? Old ones (cistron, livingston) call getpwnam()|getspnam() to retrieve
> > the user's encrypted passwords. New ones (freeradius) can alternatively
> > talk with a myriad of authentication services...
>
> Cistron in woody uses PAM so does not appear to have any problems in this
> regard.
>
The same for my yardradius and probably xtradius.
System password checking is present for portability with non-linux
platform essentially, and for historical reasons, too. A lots of those
servers are derived from the original livingston's implementation, but all
add alternatives forms of authentication and accounting. It's an admin's
choice.
--
Francesco P. Lovergine
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