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diff --git a/man/man5/rlm_unix.5 b/man/man5/rlm_unix.5 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..38668e0 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man5/rlm_unix.5 @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +.\" # DS - begin display +.de DS +.RS +.nf +.sp +.. +.\" # DE - end display +.de DE +.fi +.RE +.sp +.. +.TH rlm_unix 5 "17 February 2005" "" "FreeRADIUS Module" +.SH NAME +rlm_unix \- FreeRADIUS Module +.SH DESCRIPTION +The \fIrlm_unix\fP module reads crypt(3) passwords from the system +password file, and allows the server to use them for authentication. +The module also provides FreeRADIUS an interface into a radwtmp file +(used by "radlast") when added to the accounting section. +.PP +The \fIrlm_unix\fP module should be listed in the +"authenticate" section. Please see the default \fIradiusd.conf\fP +shipped with the server for an example of the correct usage of this +module. +.PP +As of FreeRADIUS 1.1.0, the module no longer reads, or caches +/etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, or /etc/group. If you wish to cache those +files, see \fIrlm_passwd\fP. Most, if not all, configurations should +not need those files to be cached. +.PP +The main configuration items to be aware of are: +.IP radwtmp +The path to the system wtmp file to be used for keeping the database +of online users as read by the 'radlast' program. +.SH CONFIGURATION +.PP +.DS +modules { + ... +.br + unix { +.br + radwtmp = ${logdir}/radwtmp +.br + } +.br + ... +.br +} +.DE +.PP +.SH SECTIONS +.BR authentication, +.BR accounting +.PP +.SH FILES +.I /etc/raddb/radiusd.conf, +.PP +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR radiusd (8), +.BR radiusd.conf (5), +.BR rlm_passwd (5), +.BR radlast (1) +.SH AUTHORS +Chris Parker, cparker@segv.org |