* [9fans] Problem with Authentication in pppoe
@ 2002-10-08 14:30 Peter Bornemann
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From: Peter Bornemann @ 2002-10-08 14:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Plan9 Fans
I really need help for the following problem:
I am using the ip/pppoe command for calling my provider. The d option
shows that progress is made until it comes to authentication. Then it
fails either after some retries or with some rather cryptic messages
concerning a test user? My username and password should be ok for I am
using it on other systems with success.
Now my username contains about 40 digits and letters, with # and @ in
between. (This name is given by the provider and cannot be changed) Do I
have do protect these signs with a backslash? Is the string
to long? Any help would be appreciated.
Peter B
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* Re: [9fans] Problem with Authentication in pppoe
@ 2002-10-08 15:33 Russ Cox
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From: Russ Cox @ 2002-10-08 15:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
you do need to quote the # character, but backslashes
aren't necessary.
ip/pppoe -s 'you#num@there:password'
should work fine.
if there are single quotes already in your user name or
password, you need to double them. if your password
is "don'ttell" then you'd use
ip/pppoe -s 'you#num@there:don''ttell'
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