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.TH PPPD-RADIUS 8
.SH NAME
radius.so \- RADIUS authentication plugin for
.BR pppd (8)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pppd
[
.I options
]
plugin radius.so
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
The RADIUS plugin for pppd permits pppd to perform CHAP and PAP authentication
against a RADIUS server instead of the usual
.I /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
and
.I /etc/ppp/chap-secrets
files.
.LP
The RADIUS plugin is built on a library called
.B radiusclient
which has its own configuration files (usually in \fI/etc/radiusclient\fR),
consult those files for more information on configuring the RADIUS
plugin

.SH OPTIONS
The RADIUS plugin introduces one additional pppd option:
.TP
.BI "radius-config-file " filename
The file
.I filename
is taken as the radiusclient configuration file.  If this option is not
used, then the plugin uses
.I /etc/radiusclient/radiusclient.conf
as the configuration file.

.SH USAGE
To use the plugin, simply supply the
.B plugin radius.so
option to pppd, and edit
.I /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.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR pppd (8) " pppd-radattr" (8)

.SH AUTHOR
David F. Skoll <dfs@roaringpenguin.com>