unfortunately.., no. u still need an entry in the pwd file 3/20/2002 2:36:05 AM, Adharsh Praveen R <adarsh@multitech.co.in> wrote: > >hai , > >I Wonder if we can do this. > >I am using Redhat Linux 7.1. I want to authenticate users through >RADIUS. > >Is there any way of using pam_radius_auth.so in such a way PAM looks >only in RADIUS database & authenticate the user. The user name should >not be present in >Linux database. > >This works. >If I have a user say user1 in Linux database (an account in /etc/passwd >file) with some password and a same user , user1 in RADIUS database with > >different password. > >In some service if I use the line in some service > >auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_radius_auth.so > >It works fine. > >Now I want to authenticate a user who has entry only in RADIUS database >& not in Linux database, using the same line. > >Is it a must that there should be an account for user in /etc/passwd >file to get authenticated using RADIUS. > >Please help me. > >regards, >adharsh. > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Pam-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list >
