Re: (ASCEND) Radius for large user base

[Jason Ackley <jason@viaccess.net>]

On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Vinh Ngo wrote:

> I have radius running on a UNIX box with /etc/raddb/users as follow:
> username       Password = "UNIX"
>         User-Service = Framed-User,
>         Ascend-Data-Filter = "ip in drop dstip
>         blah blah blah
> 
> If I have more than 32000 users, then the /etc/raddb/users will grow to
> about 32000*nlines and /etc/passwd reach it limit.

 Why do you need a users entry for every user? Why not make use of
the DEFAULT entry and only have user entries for the ones that need it?

 just a though..

> I thought if I modify Ascend radius code to query the database direct instead
> of the UNIX passwd I can by pass the 32000 records limitation.
> 
> Have anyone done this before? In case I am re-inventing the wheel.

You may wish to look at an alternative to the ascend radius, as it is now
getting quite old / unmaintained (unless I am wrong).

Check out http://www.freeradius.org , which can authenticate to many
different sources, SQL, LDAP etc. 

There are also other RADIUS servers out there, but freeradius.org is free
:)


HTH,

--
jason


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