In-depth Configuration

At this point, you’ve compiled, installed, configured, started, and tested a simple FreeRADIUS implementation that is functional. However, 99.5% of the RADIUS/AAA implementations around the world are just not that simple. In this section, I’ll delve into the two major configuration files and discuss how to tweak, tune, customize, and effect change to the default FreeRADIUS installation. In Chapter 6, I’ll discuss advanced topics, such as pluggable authentication module (PAM) support, integration with MySQL, LDAP usage, and other topics.

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