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From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@web.de>
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Subject: docs/42292: PPP documentation should use quote marks around AUTHNAME etc.
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>Number:         42292
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       PPP documentation should use quote marks around AUTHNAME etc.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Sep 01 11:00:10 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Matthias Andree
>Release:        4.6-STABLE
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
The PPP documentation always refers to

   set authname YOURLOGINNAME
   set authkey  YOURPASSWORD

At least T-Online, one of the major ISPs in Germany, however expects a "#" in the
user name, like this:

    00087xxxxxxx320yyyyyyyyy#0001@t-online.de

x and y are all digits.

When doing 

    set authname 00087xxxxxxx320yyyyyyyyy#0001@t-online.de

the 0001@t-online.de part will be cut by PPP, and some dialup nodes will then 
reject the login. This affects T-DSL -- PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) in particular.

>How-To-Repeat:
     
>Fix:
     Instead, 

    set authname "00087xxxxxxx320yyyyyyyyy#0001@t-online.de"

must be used to make the # a regular character rather than a comment delimiter, 
so I suggest that examples and documentation be adjusted to read

   set authname "YOURLOGINNAME"
   set authkey  "YOURPASSWORD"

Thanks.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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