Re: [Bug-gnu-radius] patchinfo: 2165 Extra Auth-Type "Crypt-Unix" for unix crypt() password check

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Maurice Makaay <address@hidden> wrote:

> 2165 Extra Auth-Type "Crypt-Unix" for unix crypt() password check
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> We always have used our unix crypted password files for authentication
> and do not have the clear text passwords of our users out of security
> precautions. Therefore we could not use gnu-radius out-of-the-box,
> which uses MD5 for encrypting user passwords. With this patch it

I guess that's some misunderstanding. Auth-Type=Crypt-Local works
for DES as well as for MD5.

-Sergey