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List:       freeradius-users
Subject:    Re: pam_radius_auth and /etc/passwd entry
From:       Chad Miller <cmiller () surfsouth ! com>
Date:       2001-04-28 19:24:15
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On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 10:27:17AM -0400, Ed Henderson wrote:
> I am considering using the pam_radius_auth module.  One question that I have that \
> is not answered in the docs:  After configuring PAM to use RADIUS authentication do \
> I still need to have an entry for the user in /etc/passwd so that programs like \
> telnet and ftp are able to determine the user's home dir?

Without looking, yes.  Even more important is the UID -- that's all a
user is. 

						- chad

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