Unable to authenticate in case of multilingual characters

[karnik jain]

Hi Alan,

I have written multilingual character *∞ *directly in RADIUS server's *users
file.*
without encoding it into UTF-8.
*
*
Do I need to write Username in *user file of RADIUS server *after converting
it
into UTF-8 to make the *whole thing work*?

If Yes then How can I write UTF-8 characters into *users file of RADIUS
server.*

Do I need to write directly the *HEX of encoded characters* or some other
way
into the *users file of RADIUS server as shown in attached users file of
RADIUS server*?
*
*
I have double check that the UTF-8 Encoder of mine is working fine.
Multilingual character = ∞  (infinity symbol)  is having equivalent form in
HEX = *0xe2889e*
and UTF-8 encoding of *0xe2889e* is = *0xf8 0xb8 0xa2 0x9e.*

*Can any one please look into to above issue *
*and guide me How can I configure the files of free RADIUS server *
*to use USER-NAME field other than **US-ASCII like *
*Chinese etc.?*
*
*
*Regards,*
*Karnik jain*

On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 8:02 PM, Alan DeKok <aland at deployingradius.com>wrote:

> karnik jain wrote:
> > While I am doing testing of my RADIUS client with multilingual
> > characters consits in the username to check my
> > multilingual support module. At that time I am using* FREE RAIDUS
> server*,
> > I have attached all configuration files related to my setup with this
> mail.
> ...
> > I have sent the username after encoding username = ∞ that is 0xe2889e
> > into UTF-8 that is 0xf8 0xb8 0xa2 0x9e to RADIUS server.
> > But I am not able to authenticate user with the *FREE RAIDUS
> > server*, who wants to login with the above credentials everthough there
> > is not problem in UTF-8 encoded characters.
>
>   It looks like the User-Name *isn't* UTF-8.
>
>  Alan DeKok.
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