Re: Unable to authenticate ISP -- truncated username?

[Hall Stevenson <hallstevenson@mindspring.com>]

* Jean Abercrombie (sardonicgrin@windsong.net) [010527 22:17]:
> Greetings to all:
> 
> I would appreciate any help!  I am having a problem connecting to my ISP
> using pon/pppconfig.  The problem appears to be that pppd is truncating my
> username.  My username has a "#" in the middle of it and according to
> /var/more/syslog, this is where it is being split.
> 
> May 24 19:22:05 Jupiter pppd[415]: sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x1 user="hx46"
> password=<hidden>]
> May 24 19:22:07 Jupiter pppd[415]: Remote message: Password:
> May 24 19:22:07 Jupiter pppd[415]: PAP authentication failed
> 
> My username is actually hx46#mln.  This is how it shows up in pppconfig.

Put your username in quotes, i.e. "hx46#mln" ??

Hall