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Re: (ASCEND) CHAP authentication - I hate to ask, but...
Troy Settle wrote:
>
> Hey all, I really hate asking this, but I've gotten nowhere with it. I've
> read the FAQ to no avail, and tried locating the archives, but they appear
> to have been removed or renamed.
>
> Anyways, according to
> http://www.ascend.com/service/technotes/chap_rad.html,
> it's possible to get chap working while using the UNIX passwd to
> authenticate users. However, the technote doesn't explain how to set
> it up.
It can't be done. Period. On the above page you reference it
explicitly says:
> * RADIUS also can NOT extract the remote/radius secret. Since
> the secret can not be extracted, there is nothing to give to the
> unix password system. CHAP and UNIX authentication can not work.
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Dale E. Reed Jr. (daler@iea.com)
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