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Freeradius installation

Written by at May 7, 2012

Software

  • Slackware 13.37
  • Freeradius

Installation

tar jxvf freeradius-server-x.x.xx.tar.bz2
cd freeradius-server-x.x.xx
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/freeradius
make
make install

Testing the installation

  • Create a test user in /usr/local/freeradius/etc/raddb/users file, add the following user in the very beginning 
    testuser Cleartext-Password := "testingpwd"
  • Start the radiusd 
    /usr/local/freeradius/sbin/radiusd -X
  • Setting the secret for client, default installation, testing123 is setup as the secret for localhost in /usr/local/freeradius/etc/raddb/clients.conf
  • Test the setup 
    /usr/local/freeradius/bin/radtest testuser testingpwd 127.0.0.1 0 testing123

# You should get Access-Accept reply.

# Testing using MSCHAP
/usr/local/freeradius/bin/radtest -t mschap testuser testingpwd 127.0.0.1 0 testing123

# You should get Access-Accept reply.

Please refer other posts for configuration.