Izaak,
Thanks for the report.
The best solution for now is to...
Network Tab -> User System Variables: { Edit User Variables }
and then define:
--
PPPOEPASS="12\$34\$abc"
--
with the $'s escaped with a backslash '\'.
Unfortunately, currently, this can't be directly done in the "PPPoE Password"
field because a backslash '\' is treated special on a HTML POST. All solvable
though.
Lonnie
On May 6, 2011, at 12:57 PM, Izaak Branderhorst wrote:
> hey all,
>
> quick bug report / FYI. my PPPoE provider gave me a password with
> random characters, including two dollar signs.
>
> if you put a PPPoE password with dollar signs into the web interface, by
> the time it reaches /etc/pap-secrets and /etc/chap-secrets, the password
> is cut off at the first dollar sign.
>
> i guess it has to do with shell variable expansion, and would guess that
> there are other bugs like this in the astlinux config generation scripts
> - might need a different approach in general to avoid all cases.
>
> --
> Izaak Branderhorst
> IT coordinator, CKUT 90.3FM
> http://www.ckut.ca
> 3647 University st., Mtl QC H3A 2B3
> 514.448.4041 x8881
> [email protected]
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