.TH rlm_chap 5 "3 February 2004" "" "FreeRADIUS Module" .SH NAME rlm_chap \- FreeRADIUS Module .SH DESCRIPTION The \fIrlm_chap\fP module provides CHAP functionality. .PP This module validates a user with CHAP authentication. If called in Authorize, it will look for CHAP-Password attribute in the Acess-Request and adds an Auth-Type attribute set to CHAP if the Config-Items list unless Auth-Type has already set. .PP CHAP authentication requires access to the clear-text password for the user. Standard Unix system authentication or passwords encrypted via crypt() are not compatible with CHAP. .PP .SH SECTIONS .BR authorization, .BR authentication .PP .SH FILES .I /etc/raddb/radiusd.conf .PP .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR radiusd (8), .BR radiusd.conf (5) .SH AUTHOR Chris Parker, cparker@segv.org