Specifications

CommPlete 4000 Communications Server Quick Start Guide 43

RADIUS Authentication & User Profile Software

Radius Software: Clients and Users Files

After installing the Radius software, the administrator must customize the Clients file and the

Users file for use in their specific network system. These files can be found in C:\Program

Files\MultiTech Systems\Radius Server. The Clients file and the Users file can both be opened in

Notepad or Wordpad text-processor application programs.

In the Clients file, the administrator specifies the IP address of the RAS Server and the shared

secret known to both the CommPlete 4000 RAS server and to the password authentication server.

Entries in the Clients file must be in this form:

The IP addresses should be in dotted notation only. Names are not permitted.

For Windows NT only. In the Users file, the administrator lists network users by name and specifies

authentication/password parameters. The "users" file can include another file which contains a list of

users. The syntax is as follows:

$include <full path to the users file>.

When this command is employed under Windows NT, the authentication server can use the same user

database as the host server.

The first line in each user entry contains the following information:

The <User name> field must start from the first column. The <Check List> field can have the following

info :

(i). Auth-Type. This field specifies whether the authentication is done locally or by the system (for

WindowsNT only). Values: Local or System.

(ii). Password = <The password of the particular user>

Indicates that PAP is the authentication protocol.

(iii). CHAP-Password = <The password of the particular user>

Indicates that CHAP protocol is the authentication protocol.

(iv). Prefix and Suffix.

The "users" file can also have DEFAULT entries which have the user name as DEFAULT. These

entries match on all users.

Concerning the notation, Fall-Through = 1 in the reply list,

=> the user entries which follow this user entry are also examined.

For NT Domain Authentication, the check list in the user entries can contain the attribute "Domain-

name," to indicate the domain in which the user is authenticated. For NT Domain Auth to work

properly, the person who has logged on should be given the rights "Act as part of the operating

System" and "Log On as Batch Job".