Free Radius Configuration
Free Radius Configuration
Free Radius Configuration
INDEX
1. Building Ubuntu 8.04 packages (64 Bit) 2
2. Installing the binary packages 4
3. Configuring the FreeRADIUS with MySQL 5
4. Configuring FreeRADIUS with MySQL and DaloRADIUS 7
5. Setting up LDAP authentication with FreeRADIUS 9
6. Setting up PEAP + MSCHAPv2 authentication with FreeRADIUS 11
7. Configuring Access Point for IITB RADIUS server 12
8. Adding new Access point to RADIUS server 14
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1. Building Ubuntu 8.04. packages (64 Bit)
Before building the FreeRadius Ubuntu 8.04 package, we have to apt‐get some packages
necessary for the build process.
sudo su –
apt-get install debhelper libltdl3-dev libpam0g-dev
libmysqlclient15-dev build-essential libgdbm-dev libldap2-
dev libsasl2-dev libiodbc2-dev libkrb5-dev snmp autotools-
dev dpatch libperl-dev libtool dpkg-dev libpq-dev libsnmp-
dev libssl-dev
Get hold of the FreeRadius sources and start building the package like given below.
Note: It is recommended, that you carry this building process on a non‐production server &
move the final binary packages over to the production server. However, it is not mandatory if
you know what you are doing.
cd freeradius-1.1.7/
Edit rule file (debian/rules):
vim debian/rules
Now search for these lines:
--without-rlm_eap_tls \
--without-rlm_eap_ttls \
--without-rlm_eap_peap \
and change them to look like this.
--with-rlm_eap_tls \
--with-rlm_eap_ttls \
--with-rlm_eap_peap \
Also in the same file replace the text " ‐‐without‐openssl " with " ‐‐with‐openssl "
Now search for these lines and delete them.
for pkg in $(shell grep ^Package debian/control | awk
'{print $$2}') ; d
o \
if dh_shlibdeps -p $$pkg -- -O | grep -q libssl; then \
echo "$$pkg links to openssl" ;\
exit 1 ;\
fi ;\
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done
Save changes and quit vim.
Now edit the control file (debian/control):
Search for the line:
Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5), libltdl3-dev, libpam0g-
dev, libmysqlclient15-dev | libmysqlclient-dev, libgdbm-
dev, libldap2-dev, libsasl2-dev, libiodbc2-dev, libkrb5-
dev, snmp, autotools-dev, dpatch (>= 2), libperl-dev,
libtool, dpkg-dev (>= 1.13.19), libpq-dev, libsnmp-dev
and append libssl‐dev to the end of this line so that it looks like this.
Save the changes and quit vim.
Assuming you are here ~/freeradius‐1.1.7. Start building packages:
dpkg-buildpackage –r fakeroot
Note: You still might require some packages for these. apt‐get/aptitiude them & rerun the
rebuild process.
After a while (depending on your system) you should have some .deb files in the home
directory.
freeradius_1.1.7-1build4_i386.deb
freeradius-dbg_1.1.7-1build4_i386.deb
freeradius-dialupadmin_1.1.7-1build4_all.deb
freeradius-iodbc_1.1.7-1build4_i386.deb
freeradius-krb5_1.1.7-1build4_i386.deb
freeradius-ldap_1.1.7-1build4_i386.deb
freeradius-mysql_1.1.7-1build4_i386.deb
freeradius-postgresql_1.1.7-1build4_i386.deb
(In this setup you won't be needing the postgresql , krb5 , iodbc , dbg, dialupadmin binaries.)
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2. Installing the binary packages
Install following packages by typing
dpkg –i freeradius_1.1.7-1build4_i386.deb
dpkg -i freeradius-mysql_1.1.7-1build4_i386.deb
dpkg -i freeradius-ldap_1.1.7-1build4_i386.deb
After running with the out of the box configuration, validate against a local user.
E.g: run radius in debug mode:
freeradius –X
From another shell run this while the freeradius ‐X is running:
Make sure the user abc with password 123 is set in the /etc/freeradius/users file.
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3. Configuring the FreeRADIUS with MySQL
First the MySQL bits (creating the db & its admin user). Do the following from your shell.
On the MySQL shell type the following:
CREATE DATABASE radius;
GRANT ALL ON radius.* TO radius@localhost IDENTIFIED BY
"radpass";
exit;
Import the the FreeRadius schema. The sample schema resides at this location:
/usr/share/doc/freeradius/examples/mysql.sql.gz.
Gunzip it there:
gunzip -d /usr/share/doc/freeradius/examples/mysql.sql.gz
Do the following:
mysql -u root -p radius < /usr/share/doc/freeradius/examples/mysql.sql
To have a look at the db schema do the following:
mysql -u root -p
use database radius;
show tables;
quit;
Now edit your /etc/freeradius/sql.conf.
To turn the NAS management from MySQL, search for the line
readclients = no
and change it to
readclients = yes
Edit the file /etc/freeradius/radius.conf and add a line saying 'sql' to the
authorize{} section (which is towards the end of the file).
Also add a line saying 'sql' to the accounting{} section to tell FreeRadius to store
accounting records in SQL as well.
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Optionally add 'sql' to the session{} section if you want to do simultaneous‐Use detection.
Optionally add 'sql' to the post-auth{} section if you want to log all authentication
attempts to SQL.
Here is the authorize section:
authorize {
preprocess
chap
mschap
suffix
eap
sql
pap
}
And the accounting section:
accounting {
detail
sql
}
To insert a test user in the database, go to the MySQL shell and run this:
mysql -u root –p
mysql> use database radius;
mysql> INSERT INTO radcheck (UserName, Attribute, Value) VALUES
('sqltest', 'Password', 'testpwd');
mysql> select * from radcheck where UserName='sqltest';
mysql> exit
Fire up radius in debug mode:
freeradius –X
Go to another shell and run the test:
radtest sqltest testpwd localhost 1812 testing123
At this moment, you should see a message containing something like ... Accept-Accept ...,
which is an indication that your user is getting authenticated just fine.
Congratulations! Your FreeRadius + MySQL setup is working.
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4. Setting up web management with Daloradius
The Daloradius latest stable release is version 0.9‐7
Get hold of it from http://sourceforge.net/projects/daloradius.
Change permissions and ownership:
chown www-data:www-data /var/www/daloradius-0.9-7 -R
chmod 644 /var/www/daloradius-0.9-7/library/daloradius.conf
Daloradius needs to add a few more tables to the radius database we already created earlier.
Now, simply adjust the MySQL database information in the DaloRadius config file.
vim /var/www/daloradius-0.9-7/library/daloradius.conf
Fill in the database details, a few important parameters are listed below:
CONFIG_DB_ENGINE = mysql
CONFIG_DB_HOST = 127.0.0.1
CONFIG_DB_USER = radius
CONFIG_DB_PASS = radpass
CONFIG_DB_NAME = radius
Save the file and exit.
Set up the apache server.
Edit the /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file and append this to the end of the file
(customize to your likings):
Alias /myradius "/var/www/daloradius-0.9-7/"
<Directory /var/www/daloradius-0.9-7/>
Options None
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from 127.0.0.1
allow from <my management system's ip which has a web-
browser>
</Directory>
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Save and exit.
Restart the httpd server:
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Fire up Firefox (or any other borowser) and go to the URL
http://<localhost or the managemet system's ip>/myradius
Log in with the administrator for management:
username: administrator
password: radius
Change this information first for the sake of security (info is located in the operator table).
Take Daloradius for a spin. You should have created an sqltest user earlier. You can also try
adding new users and testing the connectivity from within the Daloradius frontend.
Congratulations, you are done with FreeRADIUS + MySQL setup.
Now we will look at LDAP configuration setting for FreeRADIUS
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5. Setting up LDAP authentication with FreeRADIUS
Open /etc/freeradius/radius.conf and search for
#ldap {
#server=
Modify it with IIT Bombay specific LDAP configuration
ldap {
server = "ldap.iitb.ac.in"
identity = "cn=USERNAME,ou=people,dc=iitb,dc=ac,dc=in"
password = PASSWORD
basedn = "dc=iitb,dc=ac,dc=in"
#filter = "(uid=%{Stripped-User-Name:-%{User-Name}})"
# base_filter = "(objectclass=radiusprofile)"
filter = "(uid=%{Stripped-User-Name:-%{User-Name}})"
base_filter = "(objectclass=posixAccount)"
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Search for
#
# The ldap module will set Auth-Type to LDAP if it has not
# already been set
#ldap
and uncomment it
#
# The ldap module will set Auth-Type to LDAP if it has not
# already been set
ldap
Now, open /etc/freeradius/ldap.attrmap and uncomment all lines ( remove “#” from
all lines)
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6. Setting up PEAP + MSCHAPv2 authentication with FreeRADIUS
eap {
# Invoke the default supported EAP type when
# EAP-Identity response is received.
#
# The incoming EAP messages DO NOT specify which EAP
# type they will be using, so it MUST be set here.
#
# For now, only one default EAP type may be used at a
time.
#
# If the EAP-Type attribute is set by another module,
# then that EAP type takes precedence over the
# default type configured here.
#
default_eap_type = peap
:
:
That’s it! Now USER should able to login using LDAP login once access point is configured to
authenticate using RADIUS server.
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7. Configuring Access Point for IITB RADIUS server
We are assuming RADIUS server IP as 10.100.116.90
A. Click on Express Security on left panel and do following setting and click on apply
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B. Click on SECURITY Æ SSID Manager and do following setting and click on apply
C. Click on SECURITY Æ SERVER Manager and do following setting and click on apply
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8. Adding new access point to RADIUS
Once access point is configured to use specific RADIUS server, we need to add its IP address to
RADIUS server database.
To add new Access point, open /etc/freeradius/clients.conf and add following entry
at the end of file (next new entry will be appended to current one)
client 10.99.32.226 {
secret = SET_IN_ACCESS_POINT
shortname = cisco
}
Where SET_IN_ACCESS_POINT is the secret that you had entered while configuring access
point and 10.99.32.226 is an IP address of access point.
Note: You have to make entry for each access point.
You are now ready to deploy RADIUS server with integrated LDAP and MySQL authentication.
(For adding user accounting using SQL counter refer to http://wiki.freeradius.org/SQL_HOWTO)
Good Luck!
References
[1] http://freeradius.org/
[2] http://wiki.freeradius.org/SQL_HOWTO
[3] http://sourceforge.net/projects/daloradius
[4] http://www.howtoforge.com/wifi-authentication-accounting-with-freeradius-on-centos5
[5] http://www.linuxinsight.com/building-debian-freeradius-package-with-eap-tls-ttls-peap-
support.html
[6] http://www.howtoforge.com/setting-up-a-freeradius-based-aaa-server-with-mysql-and-
management-with-daloradius
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Inspiration by Ajit Jena Sir and prepared by Nirav Uchat ([email protected])
Section 1 ‐ 4 contents are taken from web
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