Re: RadiusNT using SAM

Jeffrey Betts ( (no email) )
Thu, 29 May 1997 15:30:52 -0700

Then would using the SAM be better because you
could track log ons in the event viewer and see if
there are failed attemps to log on by a hacker ?

Jeff

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> From: Dale E. Reed Jr. <daler@iea.com>
> To: RadiusNT@emerald.iea.com
> Subject: Re: RadiusNT using SAM
> Date: Thursday, May 29, 1997 2:37 PM
>
> Jeffrey Betts wrote:
> >
> > Is this supposed to take place of the authentication
> > from the sql database ? If not what is its use
>
> Not really, it augments it. You can have a user with password
> "WINNT" and RadiusNT will validate the password from the
> WindowsNT user database. The user must still exist in the
> database.
>
> For text mode you can user the DEFAULT entry, which allows any
> user who doesn't have a match in the users file to be looked
> up in the NT user database.
>
> --
> Dale E. Reed Jr. (daler@iea.com)
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