Re: [Help-gnu-radius] Plain passwords in the SQL storage or howto: GNU Radius + SQL + CHAP auth

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

> 1) There is a feature of GNU Radius: if we choose SQL database storage then
> all the passwords have to be stored in encrypted form. Why? It kills at once
> the possibility to authorize client's CHAP requests. Am I right? Please,
> correct me if I'm wrong.

Actually, you are. To use plain passwords in the SQL database use
the following in your raddb/users:

DEFAULT       Auth-Type = Local,
                        Password-Location = SQL


By the way it is documented both in the NEWS file (starting from the
version 0.96) and in the main documentation.

Regards,
Sergey