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FreeRADIUS Beginner's Guide

You're reading from   FreeRADIUS Beginner's Guide Master authentication, authorization, and accessing your network resources using FreeRADIUS

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2011
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849514088
Length 344 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to AAA and RADIUS FREE CHAPTER 2. Installation 3. Getting Started with FreeRADIUS 4. Authentication 5. Sources of Usernames and Passwords 6. Accounting 7. Authorization 8. Virtual Servers 9. Modules 10. EAP 11. Dictionaries 12. Roaming and Proxying 13. Troubleshooting A. Pop Quiz Answers Index

Installed executables

FreeRADIUS has various executable files installed. When moving between distributions there are small differences to consider.

One such difference is the location of the configuration files. Another difference is the name of the FreeRADIUS server executable. In Ubuntu (and Debian) it is called freeradius. In CentOS and SLES it is called radiusd. The following table lists the important executables that are installed along with a brief description of their function:

Name

Description

/usr/sbin/raddebug

Shell script wrapper around radmin for debug output without having to run radiusd in debug mode.

/usr/sbin/radiusd

The RADIUS server.

/usr/sbin/freeradius

 

/usr/sbin/radmin

Administration utility that connects to a running radiusd daemon.

/usr/bin/radclient

Utility program used to send various RADIUS packets to a RADIUS server and to show the reply.

/usr/bin/radconf2xml

Displays the current server configuration formatted in XML.

/usr/bin/radcrypt

Encrypts...

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