WPA2 Enterprise with FreeRADIUS and AD integration on Ubuntu16.04

So you don't want to use the RADIUS feature of your MS Windows server, do you? Here you go, FreeRADIUS, an open-sourced project that will please you.






Assuming:
  • 172.100.99.100: FreeRADIUS IP address
  • mydomain.com: domain name
  • mydc.mydomain.com: domain controller
  • MYNTDOMAIN: nt domain name

1. Install samba, winbind, krb5-user:

sudo apt install samba winbind krb5-user

2. Config samba by editing:

a. /etc/samba/smb.conf:

...
[global]

## Browsing/Identification ###

# Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of
   workgroup = MYNTDOMAIN

# need to add these
   security = ads
   password server = mydc.mydomain.com
   realm = MYDOMAIN.COM
   winbind use default domain = true
...

b. /etc/krb5.conf:

[libdefaults]
        default_realm = MYDOMAIN.COM

...

[realms]
        MYDOMAIN.COM = {
                kdc = mydc.mydomain.com
                admin_server = mydc.mydomain.com
                default_domain = mydomain.com
        }

...

[domain_realm]
        .mydomain.com = MYDOMAIN.COM
        mydomain.com = MYDOMAIN.COM
...


3. Restart samba service:

sudo systemctl restart smbd

4. Join domain (MYNTDOMAIN)

net join -U Administrator

5. Test samba AD authentication:

a. Using winbind:

wbinfo -a <user>%<password>

You will get the following message if everything is correct:

plaintext password authentication succeeded
challenge/response password authentication succeeded

or

b. Using ntlm_auth:

ntlm_auth --request-nt-key --domain=MYNTDOMAIN --username=<user> --password=<password>

Success message:

NT_STATUS_OK: Success (0x0)

6. Install freeradius 3.0.X:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freeradius/stable-3.0
sudo apt update
sudo apt install freeradius freeradius-config easy-rsa

7. Generate and config the server certificates with easy-rsa, remember to enter your server's FQDN as common name when asked:

a. Generate the certs

sudo cp -R /usr/share/easy-rsa /etc/freeradius/certs/
cd /etc/freeradius/certs/easy-rsa
source vars
./clean-all
./build-ca
./build-key-server server
sudo cp keys/ca.crt /etc/freeradius/certs/
sudo cp keys/radius.* /etc/freeradius/certs/
sudo chown freerad /etc/freeradius/certs/server*
sudo chmod +r /etc/freeradius/certs/server*

b. Config FreeRADIUS to use those new certs:

sudo nano /etc/freeradius/mods-enable/eap

...
        tls-config tls-common {
                private_key_password =
                #private_key_file = ${certdir}/server.pem

                private_key_file = ${certdir}/server.key
...
                #certificate_file = ${certdir}/server.pem
                certificate_file = ${certdir}/server.crt
...
                #ca_file = ${cadir}/ca.pem

                ca_file = ${cadir}/ca.crt
...


8. Grant permission for freerad user on winbind's socket:

sudo usermod -a -G winbindd_priv freerad
sudo chgrp winbindd_priv /var/lib/samba/winbindd_privileged/

9. Tell FreeRADIUS to use ntlm_auth for MSCHAP by editing:

a. /etc/freeradius/modules/ntlm_auth:

program = "/usr/bin/ntlm_auth --request-nt-key --domain=MYNTDOMAIN --username=%{mschap:User-Name} --password=%{User-Password}"

b. /etc/freeradius/modules/mschap:

mschap {
...
    ntlm_auth = "/usr/bin/ntlm_auth --request-nt-key --domain=MYNTDOMAIN --username=%{%{Stripped-User-Name}:-%{%{User-Name}:-None}} --challenge=%{%{mschap:Challenge}:-00} --nt-response=%{%{mschap:NT-Response}:-00}"
...

c. /etc/freeradius/sites-enabled/default and /etc/freeradius/sites-enabled/inner-tunnel:

authenticate {
...
    ntlm_auth
...

10. Configure RADIUS client, /etc/freeradius/clients.conf. For example:

client 172.25.1.10 {
        secret                = 123456
        shortname             = "MS A317"
        nastype               = meraki
}


11. Re start FreeRADIUS:

sudo systemctl restart freeradius

12. Test FreeRADIUS and MSCHAP:

radtest -t mschap <user> <password> localhost 0 testing123

The results will be like:

Sent Access-Request Id 9 from 0.0.0.0:59244 to 127.0.0.1:1812 length 134
        User-Name = "user"
        MS-CHAP-Password = "password"
        NAS-IP-Address = 172.100.99.100
        NAS-Port = 0
        Message-Authenticator = 0x00
        Cleartext-Password = "password"
        MS-CHAP-Challenge = 0x163bc4c900360a08
        MS-CHAP-Response = 0x0001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000382764ceb05312077d21d71bf53ce917ef2e72a4ff83ca96
Received Access-Accept Id 9 from 127.0.0.1:1812 to 0.0.0.0:0 length 84
        MS-CHAP-MPPE-Keys = 0x000000000000000065c53b0540ab884edc6779a1f370c0cb
        MS-MPPE-Encryption-Policy = Encryption-Allowed
        MS-MPPE-Encryption-Types = RC4-40or128-bit-Allowed


13. Configure your Access Point (172.25.1.10) to use the FreeRADIUS server at 172.100.99.100:

I leave this part for you because It depends on your AP vendor

14. Try to connect to your wifi network using your AD account and enjoy.



Reference:
http://deployingradius.com/documents/configuration/active_directory.html
https://blog.practichem.com/configuring-freeradius-for-wpa2-enterprise-with-active-directory-integration-on-ubuntu-1404/
http://serverfault.com/questions/508723/samba-authentication-of-user-with-wbinfo-a


Update 31 Mar 2017: sometimes I have to restart freeradius to make it work.

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