Izaak, This has been fixed in the upcoming AstLinux 0.7.8 .
Network tab, allow passwords for PPPoE, SMTP and Dynamic DNS to contain special characters. 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] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [email protected].
