Setting up the Linux boxes should be pretty easy. A few questions though: do you want to support 'shell' dialups or PPP dialups or both? Radius may be a problem. As I understand this (and there are others on this list who know a lot more about radius+linux) there is no debian client support. If you're only worried about authentication (ie. you don't need the logging) you could, as a stop-gap, simply add the accounts to /etc/passwd or /etc/ppp/pap-secrets on each system. Even with this method you'll be able to get the logging that RADIUS can provide but you'll have to awk/grep it out of the log files yourself.
In terms of the nuts and bolts, you'll want to install the mgetty package. You'll need to edit /etc/inittab and add lines for each modem you've connected. You'll handle modem setup (if any is needed) by edit /etc/mgetty/*. You'll add the accounts either to /etc/passwd (if you need shell account access) or /etc/ppp/pap-secrets (if you need PPP accounts) or both. Chuck Peters wrote: > Our livingston PM2e (30 port) has gone catatonic on us as we were > attempting to renumber the IP's to move over to our new connectivity > provided by West Chester Univ. I have a trouble ticket into Livingston, > but I fear we may have to ship the Port Monster back to livingston and > experience an extended down time. I have a couple of linux boxes set up > their and could easily install 4 or more modems as a temporary measure. > The Port Monster (cthulhu.ccil.org) and the BSDi 3.1 Box (locke.ccil.org) > use radius to authenicate logins. The problem is I haven't set up > radius before and I would like to have the Linux boxes act as the terminal > servers for the BSD box. Can this be done and how do I do it? > > Chester County Interlink is a non profit organization, so if some of you > high priced consultants out their would like to donate some time to help, > it is tax deductable. Furthermore Eric Raymond is one of the co-founders > of CCIL and you should all read his paper analyzing traditional corporate > software development vs Linux software development. The paper "The > Cathedral and the Bazaar" can be found at > http://earthspace.net/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/ > > Thanks, > Chuck Peters > > CCIL System Admin > (610)431-2673 CCIL Phone/Voicemail > (610)563-3001 Cell Phone > (610)296-7120 Home Phone > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
