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41.Dd August 2, 1999
42.Dt PAM_RADIUS 8
43.Os
44.Sh NAME
45.Nm pam_radius
46.Nd RADIUS authentication PAM module
47.Sh SYNOPSIS
48.Op Ar service-name
49.Ar module-type
50.Ar control-flag
51.Pa pam_radius
52.Op Ar options
53.Sh DESCRIPTION
54The
55.Nm
56module provides authentication services based
57upon the RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial In User Service) protocol
58for the PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module) framework.
59.Pp
60The
61.Nm
62module accepts these optional parameters:
63.Bl -tag -width Fl
64.It Cm use_first_pass
65causes
66.Nm
67to use a previously entered password instead of prompting for a new one.
68If no password has been entered then authentication fails.
69.It Cm try_first_pass
70causes
71.Nm
72to use a previously entered password, if one is available.  If no
73password has been entered,
74.Nm
75prompts for one as usual.
76.It Cm echo_pass
77causes echoing to be left on if
78.Nm
79prompts for a password.
80.It Cm conf Ns No = Ns Ar pathname
81specifies a non-standard location for the RADIUS client configuration file
82(normally located in /etc/radius.conf).
83.It Cm template_user Ns No = Ns Ar username
84specifies a user whose
85.Xr passwd 5
86entry will be used as a template to create the session environment
87if the supplied username doesn't exist in local password database.
88The user
89will be authenticated with the supplied username and password, but his
90credentials to the system will be presented as the ones for
91.Ar username ,
92i.e., his login class, home directory, resource limits, etc. will be set to ones
93defined for
94.Ar username .
95.Pp
96If this option is omitted, and there is no username
97in the system databases equal to the supplied one (as determined by call to
98.Xr getpwnam 3 ) ,
99the authentication will fail.
100.El
101.Sh FILES
102.Bl -tag -width /etc/radius.conf -compact
103.It Pa /etc/radius.conf
104The standard RADIUS client configuration file for
105.Nm
106.El
107.Sh SEE ALSO
108.Xr passwd 5 ,
109.Xr radius.conf 5 ,
110.Xr pam 8
111.Sh HISTORY
112The
113.Nm
114module first appeared in
115.Fx 3.1 .
116The
117.Nm
118manual page first appeared in
119.Fx 3.3 .
120.Sh AUTHORS
121.An -nosplit
122The
123.Nm
124manual page was written by
125.An Andrzej Bialecki Aq abial@FreeBSD.org .
126.Pp
127The
128.Nm
129module was written by
130.An John D. Polstra Aq jdp@FreeBSD.org .
131