Cisco Headend System Release 2.7
Enable a Client for RADIUS Support
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8 Type chmod 0600 server; chown root:root server and press Enter to set
appropriate permissions and ownership.
9 Type ls -l and press Enter to verify the permissions and ownership.
10 Use an editor such as vi to open the /etc/raddb/server file and replace the other-
10 Use an editor such as vi to open the /etc/raddb/server file and replace the other-
server:port other-secret line (circled in the following illustration) with the
following information.
Note: See Appendix C (on page 33) for an example of the contents of the
/etc/raddb/server file.
following information.
Note: See Appendix C (on page 33) for an example of the contents of the
/etc/raddb/server file.
RADIUS server IP address or IP addresses (from your site administrator)
RADIUS server port (from your site administrator)
Shared secret key or keys (from your site administrator)
Example: If your site administrator provided you with two pairs of RADIUS
server IP addresses/ports and shared secret keys (192.168.100.1:1812/op3n and
192.168.100.2:1812/p4sskey), you would revise the server file as shown in the
following illustration:
server IP addresses/ports and shared secret keys (192.168.100.1:1812/op3n and
192.168.100.2:1812/p4sskey), you would revise the server file as shown in the
following illustration:
11 Save and close the server file.
12 Type cd /etc and press Enter to make /etc the working directory.
13 Type ls pam.conf.pam_radius_auth and press Enter to verify that the
12 Type cd /etc and press Enter to make /etc the working directory.
13 Type ls pam.conf.pam_radius_auth and press Enter to verify that the
pam.conf.pam_radius_auth file exists.
14 Does the pam.conf.pam_radius_auth file exist?
If yes, continue with the next step in this procedure.
If no, refer to the sample PAM configuration file in Appendix D (on page 35)
and use an editor such as vi to create the pam.conf.pam_radius_auth file.
and use an editor such as vi to create the pam.conf.pam_radius_auth file.
15 Type cp -p pam.conf pam.conf.preRADIUS and press Enter to save the current
pam.conf file.