Authentication server in Linux

[Rajendran_1]

Dear Friends,

I need to configure an authentication server for authenticating users who login to my network thru Cisco Router...Can any body pls tell me how... Is there any special software available for linux or by default it is inbuilt... or what ever to be done...

Can anybody help me...

Raj

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

I think your best bet is to build an LDAP server on the Linux box. You should be able to integrate that and have it authenticate users for Microsoft and the Cisco Router.

SEP

[Jairo Campana]

Yes , use a server linux with radius for authentication users of mode secure to netowrk thru Cisco Router.

see howto :
http://www.freeradius.org/doc/EAPTLS.pdf

[Jerome Henry]

Here is a link that can help you too :

http://www.europe.redhat.com/documentation/rhl8.0/rhl-rg-en-8.0/ch-ldap.php3

hth

J

[Sergejs Svitnevs]

You can use TACACS daemon for aaa authentication.

http://www.gazi.edu.tr/tacacs/index.php?page=download

Regards,
Sergejs