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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

Using one module with different configurations

FreeRADIUS allows you to use one module with various configurations. As stated earlier this is similar to an object with different instances if you are familiar with programming lingo.

Have a go hero – creating multiple instances of a module

Isaac is in trouble. It completely slipped his mind that the professors' accounts also expire, and he does not want to speak student lingo to the professors in the reply-message. Time to fix this:

  1. Edit the expiration file inside the modules sub-directory under the FreeRADIUS configuration directory. Change the following lines:
    #reply-message = "Password Has Expired\r\n"
    reply-message = "Dude, you are like sooooo expired\r\n"

    to:

    reply-message = "Password Has Expired\r\n"
    #reply-message = "Dude, you are like sooooo expired\r\n"
  2. Create a file called exp_students in the modules sub-directory under the FreeRADIUS configuration directory with the following contents...
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