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Old 05-03-2011
RADIUS server for SSH authorization

Good day to anyone. I need your help.
I want to create a centralization server for authorization my users via SSH connections. My manager suggested me a RADIUS + PAM, but frankly speaking I read a lot information about these and understood one thing - RADIUS could work only with password authorization. It means I should create users without password on every RHEL system. I tested for myself freeradius and I think this soft can't create and keep users accounts with right permissions (gid, uid, group) - ONLY password authorization. Am I right ? I really read a lot documents in the Internet and all manual include next step "... you must create a user on client server for login ..."

What I need. I want to have clear server which will be setted on authorization server. Withous any users and groups. Clear. I'll connect from my PC via SSH to some server and last one should request information about my account from authorization server. Then it should load my defauld profile, permissions and "clear system" which hasn't any users and group shoud understand my rights (gid, uid, group).

Is it possible ? I think try LDAP+PAM+SSH. Any ideas ?
Thanks and sorry for my bad english.
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PPPD-RADIUS(8)						      System Manager's Manual						    PPPD-RADIUS(8)

NAME
radius.so - RADIUS authentication plugin for pppd(8) SYNOPSIS
pppd [ options ] plugin radius.so DESCRIPTION
The RADIUS plugin for pppd permits pppd to perform PAP, CHAP, MS-CHAP and MS-CHAPv2 authentication against a RADIUS server instead of the usual /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and /etc/ppp/chap-secrets files. The RADIUS plugin is built on a library called radiusclient which has its own configuration files (usually in /etc/radiusclient), consult those files for more information on configuring the RADIUS plugin OPTIONS
The RADIUS plugin introduces one additional pppd option: radius-config-file filename The file filename is taken as the radiusclient configuration file. If this option is not used, then the plugin uses /etc/radiusclient/radiusclient.conf as the configuration file. avpair attribute=value Adds an Attribute-Value pair to be passed on to the RADIUS server on each request. map-to-ifname Sets Radius NAS-Port attribute to number equal to interface name (Default) map-to-ttyname Sets Radius NAS-Port attribute value via libradiusclient library USAGE
To use the plugin, simply supply the plugin radius.so option to pppd, and edit /etc/radiusclient/radiusclient.conf appropriately. If you use the RADIUS plugin, the normal pppd authentication schemes (login, checking the /etc/ppp/*-secrets files) are skipped. The RADIUS server should assign an IP address to the peer using the RADIUS Framed-IP-Address attribute. SEE ALSO
pppd(8) pppd-radattr(8) AUTHOR
David F. Skoll <dfs@roaringpenguin.com> PPPD-RADIUS(8)