Time for action – defining the realm

The following steps demonstrate how to define a realm:

1. Add the following realm to the proxy.conf file located under the FreeRADIUS configuration directory:

   realm my-org.com {
   }

2. Restart the FreeRADIUS server in debug mode and authenticate as [e-mail]. Observe the output of the FreeRADIUS server. The following should be part of the output:

   [suffix] Looking up realm "my-org.com" for User-Name = "[e-mail]"
   [suffix] Found realm "my-org.com"
   [suffix] Adding Stripped-User-Name = "alice"
   [suffix] Adding Realm = "my-org.com"
   [suffix] Authentication realm is LOCAL.
   ++[suffix] returns ok
   

3. Edit the my-org.com realm to include the nostrip directive:

   realm my-org.com {
       nostrip
   }

4. Restart the FreeRADIUS server in debug mode and authenticate as [e-mail]. Observe the output of the FreeRADIUS server. Authentication should fail and the following should be part of the output:

   [suffix] Looking up...