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Description of problem:

Freeradius does not know Auth-Type = System. Older version knows it and it is still mentioned in users man page.

# man /usr/share/man/man5/users.5.gz | col -b | grep 'Auth-Type = System'
       DEFAULT   Auth-Type = System

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

freeradius-3.0.12-1.el7_3


How reproducible:

100%


Steps to Reproduce:

1. Edit file /etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize.

# cat << EOF >> /etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize 
DEFAULT Auth-Type = System
        Fall-Through = 1
EOF

2. Run radiusd.

# radiusd -X
...
...
...
reading pairlist file /etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize
/etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize[221]: Parse error (check) for entry DEFAULT: Unknown or invalid value "System" for attribute Auth-Type
Failed reading /etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize
/etc/raddb/mods-enabled/files[9]: Instantiation failed for module "files"


Actual results:

Radiusd does not start.


Expected results:

Radiusd starts or mention about Auth-Type = System is removed from documentation.

Upstream response to this issue reported on the maillist:
https://lists.freeradius.org/pipermail/freeradius-users/2016-May/083616.html

Perhaps we only need to fix the manpages.

Hi,

it's up to you. If upstream remove this option, the only way is fix the documentation. My concern is, it should be consistent :-).

Yes, we need to fix the manpages and have some sort of a warning for the users.

Agreed. Please, fix the man-page and you can add description into doc field. Thanks.

Pull request submitted upstream: https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/freeradius-server/pull/1920

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2017:1954