RE: Dale? RE: [RadiusNT] authenticate anyone

Stephen Johnson ( (no email) )
Fri, 5 Nov 1999 12:30:25 -0600

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-->
--> Stephen Johnson wrote:
--> >
--> > Dale,
--> > any ideas as to what the difference is here, why I would be
--> getting the
--> > errors?
--> > (I don't want to just keep testing it on my live system ~:-o)
--> > Isn't the DEFAULT user supposed to allow any username and password to
--> > authenticate?
-->
--> No. The DEFAULT user is designed as a catachall type entry.
--> Its the Password = "ANY" that works for matching the passwords.
--> BTW, you can use ANY for a DB or text file password for specific
--> accounts as well.
-->

Umm, maybe I didn't ask clearly, does the [DEFAULT Password = "ANY"] entry
allow any username/password to authenticate? If so, why am I getting the
errors with my setup? See below.

> I am trying to set up the users file to authenticate anyone. This is my
> default user entry:
> DEFAULT Password = "ANY"
> User-Service = 2,
> Framed-Protocol = PPP,
> Framed-Address = 255.255.255.254,
> Framed-Netmask = 255.255.255.255
>
> These are the errors I receive when trying to connect using this in my
> users file:
>
> Thu Nov 04 09:50:54 1999: Authenticate: from 208.180.11.249 - Neither User
> Nor Default Name: beckers
> Thu Nov 04 09:51:04 1999: Authenticate: from 208.180.11.250 - Neither User
> Nor Default Name: Default

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