I do remember of facing similar situation. I first tried PAM and then tried portslave and am still using mgetty+login There are pam_auth and pam_acct modules available. I have not yet managed to get that setup done. pam_auth was promissing, but lots of sites said that I should be using portslave so I stopped experimenting on it. Hth. Mitesh "Ganesh, Sangeetha (Sangeetha)** CTR **" wrote: > > Hi, > The paragraph below will give you an idea as to what i am trying to > implement: > > Environment:- > OS: RedHat Linux 6.2 > > Description:- > The requirement is to setup a PPP server on Linux to handle both dial-in and > dial-out connections. Firstly it should be able to do CHAP authentication > at the Data Link Layer level.Secondly I also need the Linux server to have a > Radius client that can authenticate users against a RADIUS server. This > should happen in the sequence , i.e, CHAP first and then RADIUS > authentication. > My question here is can i do all of the above with Linux PAM?? > I tried using Portslave(a Radius client) but am facing some problems because > of some known bugs and issues associated with Portslave. > > Any input/suggestions or pointers to doc's are greatly appreciated. > Thanks > Sangeetha Ganesh > > _______________________________________________ > > Pam-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list -- rgrds, Cyberdude Murli The Earth
