The # symbol can't be used (as part of a password) in the /etc/ppp/chap-secrets file
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pptpd (Ubuntu) |
New
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Title says it all. Sample file below would be perfectly valid:
# Secrets for authentication using CHAP
# client server secret IP addresses
koen * Jekeke543 *
However, in my daily password, I use a #. So the chap-secret below gives me errors:
# Secrets for authentication using CHAP
# client server secret IP addresses
koen * Jekeke543# *
This generates the following error lines in syslog:
Aug 6 19:12:49 SERVER pppd[12738]: Plugin /usr/lib/
Aug 6 19:12:49 SERVER pppd[12738]: pptpd-logwtmp: $Version$
Aug 6 19:12:49 SERVER pppd[12738]: The remote system is required to authenticate itself
Aug 6 19:12:49 SERVER pppd[12738]: but I couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for it to use to do so.
Aug 6 19:12:49 SERVER pppd[12738]: (None of the available passwords would let it use an IP address.)
Aug 6 19:12:49 SERVER pptpd[12737]: GRE: read(fd=
Aug 6 19:12:49 SERVER pptpd[12737]: CTRL: PTY read or GRE write failed (pty,gre)=(6,7)
Aug 6 19:12:49 SERVER pptpd[12737]: CTRL: Reaping child PPP[12738]
Aug 6 19:12:49 SERVER pptpd[12737]: CTRL: Client x.x.x.x control connection finished
| Koen Schellens (k-schellens) wrote | #1 |
| Robie Basak (racb) wrote | #2 |
| tags: | added: needs-upstream-report |
| Changed in pptpd (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
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This type of bug should be resolved upstream. It needs someone to check if the bug still affects the latest upstream release without distribution packaging, and if it does, the bug should be reported and fixed upstream first.