FreeRADIUS

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FreeRADIUS is an implementation of the Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) protocol.

Installation

`debug`	Enable extra debug codepaths, like asserts and extra output. If you want to get meaningful backtraces see https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Quality_Assurance/Backtraces
`firebird`	Add support for the Firebird relational database
`iodbc`	Add support for iODBC library
`kerberos`	Add kerberos support
`ldap`	Add LDAP support (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)
`memcached`	Include dev-libs/libmemcached in caching drivers
`mongodb`	Include support for MongoDB database
`mysql`	Add mySQL Database support
`odbc`	Add ODBC Support (Open DataBase Connectivity)
`oracle`	Enable Oracle Database support
`pam`	Add support for PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) - DANGEROUS to arbitrarily flip
`postgres`	Add support for the postgresql database
`python`	Add optional support/bindings for the Python language
`readline`	Enable support for libreadline, a GNU line-editing library that almost everyone wants
`redis`	Include support for Redis database
`samba`	Add support for SAMBA (Windows File and Printer sharing)
`selinux`	!!internal use only!! Security Enhanced Linux support, this must be set by the selinux profile or breakage will occur
`sqlite`	Add support for sqlite - embedded sql database
`ssl`	Add support for SSL/TLS connections (Secure Socket Layer / Transport Layer Security)
`systemd`	Enable use of systemd-specific libraries and features like socket activation or session tracking

Data provided by the Gentoo Package Database · Last update: 2024-11-04 16:47 More information about USE flags

Install FreeRADIUS:

root #emerge --ask net-dialup/freeradius

Start FreeRADIUS:

root #rc-service radiusd start

Add FreeRADIUS to the default runlevel:

root #rc-update add radiusd default

Configuration files are located in /etc/raddb/ directory.

For general configuration visit the Basic configuration HOWTO.

Further hints are listed in the FreeRADIUS HOWTO wiki page.