Public bug reported:
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/pptpd/pptpd-logwtmp.so
loaded.
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=6,buffer=7f2a008454a0,len=8196) from PTY failed: status = -1 error =
Input/output error, usually caused by unex$
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
** Affects: pptpd (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1482314
Title:
The # symbol can't be used (as part of a password) in the /etc/ppp
/chap-secrets file
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