Problem with character Ä in username/password

[Velusamy, Vinodh]

Hi,
There seems to be a problem if the username/password contain the character Ä, when trying to authenticate via freeradius.

rad_recv: Access-Request packet from host 127.0.0.1:33292, id=245, length=98
        User-Name = "\303\251\303\242\303\244\303\245\303\247\303\252\303\250\303\257\303\256\303\254\303\204\303\246\303\264\303\262\303\273"
        User-Password = "\222\023S~\345v\322\250\207\216\261\206\242J\301\301\251\006\233\026N\374\014\213\036c\022'\220\r\370\210"
        NAS-IP-Address = 255.255.255.255
        NAS-Port = 1812
  Processing the authorize section of radiusd.conf
modcall: entering group authorize for request 1
  modcall[authorize]: module "preprocess" returns ok for request 1
  modcall[authorize]: module "mschap" returns noop for request 1
    rlm_realm: No '@' in User-Name = "éâäåçêëèïîì@?æôòû", looking up realm NULL
    rlm_realm: No such realm "NULL"
  modcall[authorize]: module "suffix" returns noop for request 1
  rlm_eap: No EAP-Message, not doing EAP
  modcall[authorize]: module "eap" returns noop for request 1
    users: Matched entry DEFAULT at line 152
  modcall[authorize]: module "files" returns ok for request 1
modcall: leaving group authorize (returns ok) for request 1
  rad_check_password:  Found Auth-Type System
auth: type "System"
  Processing the authenticate section of radiusd.conf
modcall: entering group authenticate for request 1
rlm_unix: [éâäåçêëèïîì@?æôòû]: invalid password
  modcall[authenticate]: module "unix" returns reject for request 1
modcall: leaving group authenticate (returns reject) for request 1
auth: Failed to validate the user.
  WARNING: Unprintable characters in the password. ?  Double-check the shared secret on the server and the NAS!
Delaying request 1 for 1 seconds
Finished request 1
Going to the next request
--- Walking the entire request list ---

I am using version 1.1.0 on Ubuntu Does anyone know of a workaround or solution to this.

Thanks in advance.

V~



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Vinodh Velusamy
Software Engineer

Ubizen - a Cybertrust company
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E-mail: vinodh.velusamy at ubizen.com

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