Cisco Headend System Release 2.7
Chapter 2 Configure RADIUS Support
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Enable a Client for RADIUS Support
To configure a RADIUS client for RADIUS support, you will add the IP address and
shared secret key of the RADIUS server to the RADIUS configuration file,
/etc/raddb/server, and will add the RADIUS authentication module to the PAM
configuration file, /etc/pam.conf.
shared secret key of the RADIUS server to the RADIUS configuration file,
/etc/raddb/server, and will add the RADIUS authentication module to the PAM
configuration file, /etc/pam.conf.
Before You Begin
CAUTION:
Make certain to disable NIS before enabling RADIUS and LDAP support.
Running NIS and LDAP at the same time can cause damage to your system.
Make certain to disable NIS before enabling RADIUS and LDAP support.
Running NIS and LDAP at the same time can cause damage to your system.
Before you begin, make certain that NIS is disabled on the client. Otherwise damage
may occur to your system.
Obtain the following information from the site administrator:
may occur to your system.
Obtain the following information from the site administrator:
RADIUS server IP address (or addresses)
RADIUS server port (typically 1812 or 1645)
Shared secret key
Enabling a Client for RADIUS Support
Follow these instructions to configure a client for RADIUS support.
1 Open an xterm window on the RADIUS client.
2 At the prompt, type su - and press Enter. A password prompt appears.
3 Type the root user password and press Enter. A prompt for the root user
1 Open an xterm window on the RADIUS client.
2 At the prompt, type su - and press Enter. A password prompt appears.
3 Type the root user password and press Enter. A prompt for the root user
appears.
4 Type cd /etc/raddb and press Enter. The directory /etc/raddb becomes the
working directory.
5 Type ls server.dist and press Enter to verify that the server.dist file exists in the
/etc/raddb directory.
6 Does the server.dist file exist?
If yes, continue with the next step in this procedure.
If no, refer to the sample RADIUS server configuration file in Appendix C (on
page 33) and use an editor such as vi to create the server.dist file in the
/etc/raddb directory.
page 33) and use an editor such as vi to create the server.dist file in the
/etc/raddb directory.
7 Type cp server.dist server and press Enter to copy the server.dist to server.