Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome-ppp
It seems that the graphical frontend gnome-ppp to wvdial is not properly
sending passwords when prompted for them. If the password is specified
in the wvdial.conf file (or the "remember password" box is checked,
effectively the same thing I think), then everything is fine. However,
if one wants to put in the password every time (rather than storing it
in a plaintext file), then things hang. It should be noted that if
wvdial is run directly on a terminal with Ask Password = on and Password
= (blank), it will prompt for a password, and when that is typed in,
it works fine, which seems to indicate the problem lies with gnome-ppp
and not wvdial. Observations include that the password is not shown
while typing in the wvdial case, similar to bash and usual logins.
Running gnome-ppp from a terminal to see what happens, when it gets to
the point where the password is asked for, the one provided in the
dialogue (where it was shown as asterisks) is shown in the terminal in
plaintext, and not accepted. It says the password is being sent, but
everything hangs at this point. Here's an example of the output copied
straight from gnome-terminal:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gnome-ppp
WVCONF: /home/dave/.wvdial.conf
GNOME PPP: Connecting...
GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Ignoring malformed input line: ";Do NOT edit this file
by hand!"
GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.55
GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Cannot get information for serial port.
GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Initializing modem.
GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Sending: ATZ
GNOME PPP: STDERR: ATZ
GNOME PPP: STDERR: OK
GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Modem initialized.
GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Please enter password (or empty password to stop):
thiswasmypasswordhereGNOME PPP: STDERR: Caught signal 2: Attempting to exit
gracefully...
The exit is from hitting Ctrl-C after a few minutes of inactivity - clearly
hung at this point.
Again, this is from trying to provide the password in the box in the gnome-ppp
dialogue but with the remember box UNchecked. If checked it's absolutely fine.
** Affects: gnome-ppp (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Gnome PPP dialogue doesn't send one-time passwords to wvdial
https://launchpad.net/bugs/84837
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