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]


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