NEW Package: freeRADIUS 2.x

markuhde

Is there a timeline for when this package will be updated to work with 2.1-DEVELOPMENT? Unfortunately, I need 2.1 for a client's system since their NIC isn't supported in 2.0.1 (RealTek 8111e), and I'm trying to get FreeRADIUS working so I can use WPA2-Enterprise. Thanks!

marcelloc

@markuhde:

Is there a timeline for when this package will be updated to work with 2.1-DEVELOPMENT? Unfortunately, I need 2.1 for a client's system since their NIC isn't supported in 2.0.1 (RealTek 8111e), and I'm trying to get FreeRADIUS working so I can use WPA2-Enterprise. Thanks!

after installing gui, did you tried to install binaries on console?

these posts maybe usefull for amd64 installs
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,43675.msg231974.html#msg231974
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,43675.msg232046.html#msg232046
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,43675.msg232220.html#msg232220
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,43675.msg232064.html#msg232064

markuhde

It's an i386 install, because the graphics chipset (Intel Atom D2700) doesn't work properly in FreeBSD AMD64 (heck, it doesn't TOTALLY work properly in i386 there are missing characters, and amazingly, it doesn't even work in Windows 7 64-bit - there are no drivers from Intel).

Sorry if I missed this but I'm not seeing it, if you still think it'd help, how would I go about reinstalling from the terminal then?

marcelloc

@markuhde:

Sorry if I missed this but I'm not seeing it, if you still think it'd help, how would I go about reinstalling from the terminal then?

Maybe the package has installed missing libs, put as whe do not have .pbi package for freeradius2, you need to enable ssh/go to console and type

pkg_add -r http://e-sac.siteseguro.ws/packages/8/All/freeradius-2.1.12.tbz
pkg_add -r http://e-sac.siteseguro.ws/packages/8/All/openldap-sasl-client-2.4.26.tbz

markuhde

Thank you! I'll try it out ASAP. Will this work through a firmware upgrade from the GUI or will it need to be re-done every time a new snapshot is loaded?

marcelloc

@markuhde:

Thank you! I'll try it out ASAP. Will this work through a firmware upgrade from the GUI or will it need to be re-done every time a new snapshot is loaded?

Every firmware update, all packages are reinstalled, so I think you need to do this too.

markuhde

Okay, thanks. It'll probably be Monday morning when I'm up at the campground where this install is, and I'll give it a whirl. Do a firmware update, then try to get FreeRADIUS and WPA2-Enterprise up and running there.

markuhde

Tried that, didn't do the trick, freeRADIUS 2 still won't start on 2.1 development.

markuhde

Here's the result of my attempt to start it from SSH in debugging mode. Any help would be great I'd LOVE to get this thing running and I appreciate it a ton!:


[2.1-DEVELOPMENT][admin@glacierfire.glaciercamp]/root(3): radiusd -X
FreeRADIUS Version 2.1.12, for host i386-portbld-freebsd8.1, built on Jan  3 2012 at 23:44:16
Copyright (C) 1999-2009 The FreeRADIUS server project and contributors. 
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A 
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
You may redistribute copies of FreeRADIUS under the terms of the 
GNU General Public License v2\. 
Starting - reading configuration files ...
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/radiusd.conf
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/clients.conf
including files in directory /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/wimax
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/always
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/attr_filter
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/attr_rewrite
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/chap
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/checkval
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/counter
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/cui
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/detail
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/detail.example.com
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/detail.log
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/digest
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/dynamic_clients
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/echo
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/etc_group
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/exec
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/expiration
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/expr
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/files
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/inner-eap
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/ippool
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/krb5
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/ldap
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/linelog
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/logintime
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/mac2ip
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/mschap
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/mac2vlan
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/ntlm_auth
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/opendirectory
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/otp
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/pam
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/pap
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/passwd
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/perl
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/policy
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/preprocess
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/radutmp
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/realm
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/redis
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/rediswho
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/replicate
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/smbpasswd
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/smsotp
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/soh
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/sql_log
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/sqlcounter_expire_on_login
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/sradutmp
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/unix
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/acct_unique
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/eap.conf
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/policy.conf
including files in directory /usr/local/etc/raddb/sites-enabled/
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/sites-enabled/control-socket
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/sites-enabled/default
including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/sites-enabled/inner-tunnel
main {
	allow_core_dumps = no
}
including dictionary file /usr/local/etc/raddb/dictionary
main {
	name = "radiusd"
	prefix = "/usr/local"
	localstatedir = "/var"
	sbindir = "/usr/local/sbin"
	logdir = "/var/log"
	run_dir = "/var/run"
	libdir = "/usr/local/lib/freeradius-2.1.12"
	radacctdir = "/var/log/radacct"
	hostname_lookups = no
	max_request_time = 30
	cleanup_delay = 5
	max_requests = 2048
	pidfile = "/var/run/radiusd.pid"
	checkrad = "/usr/local/sbin/checkrad"
	debug_level = 0
	proxy_requests = yes
 log {
	stripped_names = no
	auth = no
	auth_badpass = no
	auth_goodpass = no
	msg_badpass = ""
	msg_goodpass = ""
 }
 security {
	max_attributes = 200
	reject_delay = 1
	status_server = no
 }
}
radiusd: #### Loading Realms and Home Servers ####
radiusd: #### Loading Clients ####
 client teakettle2 {
	ipaddr = 192.168.10.2
	require_message_authenticator = no
	secret = "mqh6rWnxbTkgQkVn"
	shortname = "teakettle2"
	nastype = "other"
 }
 client cafeteria {
	ipaddr = 192.168.10.3
	require_message_authenticator = no
	secret = "8UmEX8Xr6sRz64R4"
	shortname = "cafeteria"
	nastype = "other"
 }
 client lodgelobby {
	ipaddr = 192.168.10.4
	require_message_authenticator = no
	secret = "5TEEQULqqTB49bYc"
	shortname = "lodgelobby"
	nastype = "other"
 }
 client conferenceroom {
	ipaddr = 192.168.10.5
	require_message_authenticator = no
	secret = "5vQTATZSLBGqKNhx"
	shortname = "conferenceroom"
	nastype = "other"
 }
 client sector1 {
	ipaddr = 192.168.10.6
	require_message_authenticator = no
	secret = "LgVKSbJ6eRcwdJzU"
	shortname = "sector1"
	nastype = "other"
 }
 client sector2 {
	ipaddr = 192.168.10.7
	require_message_authenticator = no
	secret = "aHfBaTuxytqLKXFG"
	shortname = "sector2"
	nastype = "other"
 }
radiusd: #### Instantiating modules ####
 instantiate {
 Module: Linked to module rlm_exec
 Module: Instantiating module "exec" from file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/exec
  exec {
	wait = no
	input_pairs = "request"
	shell_escape = yes
  }
 Module: Linked to module rlm_expr
 Module: Instantiating module "expr" from file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/expr
 Module: Linked to module rlm_counter
 Module: Instantiating module "daily" from file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/counter
  counter daily {
	filename = "/usr/local/etc/raddb/db.daily"
	key = "User-Name"
	reset = "daily"
	count-attribute = "Acct-Session-Time"
	counter-name = "Daily-Session-Time"
	check-name = "Max-Daily-Session"
	reply-name = "Session-Timeout"
	allowed-servicetype = "Framed-User"
	cache-size = 5000
  }
rlm_counter: Counter attribute Daily-Session-Time is number 11273
rlm_counter: Current Time: 1337493979 [2012-05-20 00:06:19], Next reset 1337580000 [2012-05-21 00:00:00]
ERROR: Cannot find a configuration entry for module "weekly".

markuhde

**IGNORE ALL OF THIS - it didn't survive a reboot. The package must try to repair itself or something, I'm back to the error above about the module weekly…

P.P.S. I know I'm mostly talking to myself at this point but the magic final edit was hashtagging out weekly, monthly, and forever in freeradius.inc since it turns out that's where radiusd.conf is loaded from. Now, to figure out if whatever I broke to get FreeRADIUS to start is so severe that it won't work for my needs (which are fairly minimal, authenticate a few users who will stay around all the time, and have the ability to add/remove temporary users as needed).**

I think I got it running. I dunno what I broke in the process but first thing I tried was adding the "weekly, monthly, and forever" entries from my working 2.0.2-RC1's version of "/usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/counter" since those were missing. That did NO good. Changed nothing. So instead I hashtagged out weekly monthly and forever from radiusd.conf. Then on an error related to MOTP, so I edited the file "default" that contained MOTP references to hashtag that out. Then I halted on more errors about daily (yes, daily too this time), weekly, monthly, and forever so I hashtagged out a all those references in default and it starts!

I know I broke something in the process. I also know that I have no idea WHAT I BROKE, and I randomly hashtagged things out. The server starts but who knows if it'll work for what I want (WPA2-Enterprise). I'll find out Monday when I'm up there if I can connect to the private network I'm setting up now.

Anyone got any insight into what I broke? LOL

Nachtfalke

I did the GUI for that package. What you broke is nothing important for you. So no problem.
The counter files will be installed on package installation process. If you do not need the counters that will be no problem for you. Uncommenting this in "default" is no problem.

The same for MOTP. this a is one time password feature - you probably do not need this for your environment. :)

I posted on the dev mailing list and we will see what is happening for pfsense 2.1 :)
http://lists.pfsense.org/pipermail/dev/2012-May/000176.html

PS: If you have the time to do so, you can do the following:
copy and execute the code on pfsense GUI -> Diagnostics -> Command prompt -> PHP execute
Just copy the lines below - this will probably create all your missing files.


require_once("freeradius.inc");
freeradius_dictionary_resync();
freeradius_modulesmotp_resync();
freeradius_modulesdatacounter_resync();
freeradius_datacounter_acct_resync();
freeradius_datacounter_auth_resync();
freeradius_modulescounter_resync();

markuhde

Thanks, as far as I know it works, but I haven't been up to the campground this is installed at (it's about 30 miles away). I know pfSense works, I haven't got any complaints and I see users connecting. No idea, however, if my WPA2-Enterprise admin network works. I know all my setup and VLAN tagging works (because I had no issues connecting when it was WPA2-PSK).

Why all the hassle to do WPA2-Enterprise? The admin network is also the network that bypasses the proxy. I want to be able to give group leaders passwords that are removed when their group leaves in case they need to bypass SquidGuard for any reason (it is setup fairly restrictive).

On my test setup here at home, running pfSense 2.0.2-RC1, it all works great (for my demo network, which is a similar setup).

Thanks again!

Rampage

Hello,
sorry but i'm a bit n00b :)

i've read through this thread but i couldn't find informations about my issue.

i've configured freeRADIUS2 to run with MySQL, apparently everything seems fine as in the log i can see that it connects to the db properly without any error.

My question is, once i'm relying on mysql, i'm left on my own for managing users nas mac etc? in the mean that the pfsense webUI doesn't control them anymore if mySQL is set as abackend?

I ask this because as i can see, local users (flat file) are still authed properly by freeRADIUS, and if i add new users they are not added to the MySQL database, as it results empty.

am i missing something or is it working as intended?

Nachtfalke

Hi,

it is working as intended. Adding users on the GUI will only add users in the flat "users" file.
If you are using MySQL you will have to add them there in any other way to the database. for example you write a HTML web page or do this with some other tool or script.

Rampage

ok nice, i kinda figured it out, as i'm planning to use some php to add users to the mysql database.

the problem is that as of now, by browsing the freeradius wiki, i found it extremely difficult to figure out what goes where in terms of users, limitations etc.

for instance i noticed that if i add

"testuser", "cleartest-password", ":=", "testpassword" in the radcheck table
i can perform a successful login on the captive portal.

problem is.. what if i also want to limit the usage to 1 hour per day? or eventually bandwidth? are these values also to be added to radcheck? they go in radreply?

an exhaustive list of the usable attributes would be also interesting, ok i know i'm going OT here, so maybe i should ask in the proper section of this board (if any) wiki only reports some of them, and they are not well described/explained on what they are suitable for.

Nachtfalke

Hi again,

if you add a user in GUI then this user is placed in the plain "users" file in /usr/local/etc/raddb/users
all check and reply attributes you can add from GUI will go int users file. The same is with limitations and restrictions.
Most of the features from this package aim to the "users" file.

If you are using LDAP or mysql it is up to you to configure this, add users and limitations.
This needs to be done vi console/ssh and via config files:
You can find them - depending on your database - in this folder:

/usr/local/etc/raddb/sql/

So there it is up to you to create your "SELECTs" and "QUERY". The very best place too find help - depending on this is probably the freeradius mailing list and their homepage.

Limiting bandwidth is a reply attribute - you/freeradius is telling the NAS to limit the bandwidth.
a check attribute is for example "simultaneous-use" or "expiration" - the user wnats to login and the NAS needs to check if there are limitations for this user and needs to check this.
In the GUI there are many attributes implemented - just add them and take a look at the users file to see if they are check or reply attributes.
the check attributes are on the same line as the username.
reply attributes are listed below.

attributes:
There are "unlimited" attributes. It always depends on what you NAS understands. Most NAS do have a dictionary of attributes and freeradius knows and understand these attributes. You can find them here - or you create a new one:

/usr/local/share/freeradius/dictionary.*

If you have ideas to improve the wiki - please feel free to do so. If you wrote some text - I can add this for you to the wiki. :-)

markuhde

Okay, well, there is now no way apparently to get FreeRadius 2.x installed on the latest builds, so I figured I'd try FreeRADIUS 1.x. I cannot, for the life of me, figure out how to get all the certificates and everything to make WPA2-Enterprise. On FreeRADIUS2, once I finally got it to start, everything "just worked" - am I missing something or is FreeRADIUX 1.x not capable of doing WPA2-Enterprise. Desperately need a solution here to get the staff network up at this campground back up and online in the latest builds.

Nachtfalke

@markuhde:

Okay, well, there is now no way apparently to get FreeRadius 2.x installed on the latest builds, so I figured I'd try FreeRADIUS 1.x. I cannot, for the life of me, figure out how to get all the certificates and everything to make WPA2-Enterprise. On FreeRADIUS2, once I finally got it to start, everything "just worked" - am I missing something or is FreeRADIUX 1.x not capable of doing WPA2-Enterprise. Desperately need a solution here to get the staff network up at this campground back up and online in the latest builds.

I am not 100% sure how it works in freeradius1 but you have to place your certificates in /usr/local/etc/raddb/certs/ folder. Then you need to edit the "eap.conf" file to point to the correct certificates. Perhaps you have to enable "eap" in radiusd.conf.
But you are right - in freeradius1 there is no GUI for that. The certificates need to be in .pem format if I remember correct. So probably best way would be to copy these certificates created on a pfsense 2.0.1 version to pfsense 2.1.

I am not sure if freeradius2 package is visible on package manager on pfsese 2.1 but if it is try to install the package - it will install the GUI but breaks because of the missing packages which are not available in .pbi format.
The go to console and add the freeradius2 package from freebsd server with:
pkg_add -r http://www.bla-bla/freeradius2.tbz

Then it "should" work with the basic features.

markuhde

Yeah, I had it working that way before, it worked great, but I updated my snapshot and they removed all the non-PBI packages now. So I have no way to install the GUI since it can't manually be installed. Ugh…

Nachtfalke

This is the install link in the package manager of pfsense 2.0.1
Perhaps login on your pfsense and type in this URL. This should work…

http://172.17.0.1/pkg_mgr_install.php?id=freeradius2