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From: Shawn McMahon <smcmahon@chickasaw.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: RADIUS
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 14:57:44 -0500
Organization: Chickasaw Nation Net
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I'm just taking my first look at RADIUS, prior to us either ordering a
Livingston Portmaster or a Computone PowerRack.

If possible, we'd like to set things up so that our existing users don't
even notice the switch.  That means that if they log in as their regular
userid (say "jdoe" for discussion) they get a Unix shell, but if they
log in as Pjdoe they get PPP.

I know I can individually set password entries that way with RADIUS, but
is there a simpler way to do this?  I'd like to know now, so I can hack
out the quick programs I'll have to right if I'm missing something in
the simple documentation that accompanies RADIUS.

Or, if I could just get some docs that have the whole thing;
Livingston's ftp site just has Postscript of chapter 6, for some reason.

I'd be happy to RTFM if I could get the FM...  :-)


  Shawn McMahon          | Smokesignals Computer Company
  Senior System Operator | Southern Oklahoma's Internet Service Provider
  Chickasaw Nation Net   | 405 332-0033   http://www..chickasaw.com