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6 radius.conf - Configuration for nnrpd RADIUS authenticator
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9 This describes the format and attributes of the configuration file for
10 the nnrpd RADIUS authenticator. See radius(1) for more information
11 about the authenticator program. The default location for this file is
12 radius.conf in pathetc.
13 Blank lines and lines beginning with "#" are ignored, as is anything
15 after a "#" on a line. All other lines should begin with a parameter
16 name followed by a colon and the value of that key, except that each
17 section of configuration for a particular server should be enclosed in:
18 server <name> {
20 # parameters...
21 }
22 where <name> is just some convenient label for that server.
24 The available parameters are:
26 radhost
28 The hostname of the RADIUS server to use for authentication. This
29 parameter must be set.
30 radport
32 The port to query on the RADIUS server. Defaults to 1645 if not
33 set.
34 lochost
36 The hostname or IP address making the request. The RADIUS server
37 expects an IP address; a hostname will be translated into an IP
38 address with gethostbyname(). If not given, this information isn't
39 included in the request (not all RADIUS setups require this infor‐
40 mation).
41 locport
43 The port the client being authenticated is connecting to. If not
44 given, defaults to 119. This doesn't need to be set unless readers
45 are connecting to a non-standard port.
46 secret
48 The shared secret with the RADIUS server. If your secret includes
49 spaces, tabs, or "#", be sure to include it in double quotes. This
50 parameter must be set.
51 prefix
53 Prepend the value of this parameter to all usernames before passing
54 them to the RADIUS server. Can be used to prepend something like
55 "news-" to all usernames in order to put news users into a differ‐
56 ent namespace from other accounts served by the same server. If
57 not set, nothing is prepended.
58 suffix
60 Append the value of this parameter to all usernames before passing
61 them to the RADIUS server. This is often something like "@exam‐
62 ple.com", depending on how your RADIUS server is set up. If not
63 set, nothing is appended.
64 ignore-source
66 Can be set to "true" or "false". If set to false, the RADIUS
67 authenticator will check to ensure that the response it receives is
68 from the same IP address as it sent the request to (for some added
69 security). If set to true, it will skip this verification check
70 (if your RADIUS server has multiple IP addresses or if other odd
71 things are going on, it may be perfectly normal for the response to
72 come from a different IP address).
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75 Here is a configuration for a news server named news.example.com,
76 authenticating users against radius.example.com and appending "@exam‐
77 ple.com" to all client-supplied usernames before passing them to the
78 RADIUS server:
79 server example {
81 radhost: radius.example.com
82 lochost: news.example.com
83 secret: IamARADIUSsecRET
84 suffix: @example.com
85 }
86 The shared secret with the RADIUS server is "IamARADIUSsecRET".
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90 This documentation was written by Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu> based
91 on the comments in the sample radius.conf file by Yury B. Razbegin.
92 $Id: radius.conf.5 6736 2004-05-16 23:06:08Z rra $
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96 radius(1)
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