allowed characters in User-Password?

[Nils-Henner Krueger]

Alan DeKok wrote:
>>I miss something obvious, but although I printed out variables.txt
>>and read it several times I still don't get the point.
> 
>   '%' is a special character.
> 
>>From variables.txt I understand that variables are referred to
>>by %{name}.
> 
>   Or, % followed by one character.
> 
>>Do I get it right, I put "34fgT\%45" instead of "34fgT%45"
>>in the users file? 
> 
>   Yes.
> 
>>Which other special chars need to be treated this way?
> 
>   None.

I'm still struggling on this subject.

Now that I have a test system available I made several tests with
various radius and dialin client parameters with the following
result: As long as a "%" is in the password, CHAP never works,
regardless of escaping with "\%" or not, while PAP always works.

Am I lost with CHAP and "%" in password or can I do anything else
with this problem?


nils-henner