Dial-up password not saved correctly
This is weird, but it consistently happens on every Win2K computer that I've set up. I set up a dial-up connnection to the ISP (which happens to be us - running Red Hat Linux 5.2). No PAP, no CHAP, just a standard UNIX logon, which requires a terminal window to log in or the use of a script. I can get the dial-up connection to work just fine and configure it to use the "Generic Login" script that's included with Win2K. But here's the weird part - if I check the box to save the password, then the next time the dial-up connection is brought up the password is wrong. The password is displayed as all asterisks (like normal) but its 16 characters long. The password that I typed in was only 3 characters. If I go ahead and try to connect with the 16-digit password, the connection fails. If, before clicking connect, I go ahead and delete the 16-digit password and re-type the correct 3-digit password, the connection is successful. Our webadmin says that it appears that the Win2K machine is attempting to start PPP (autoPPP) instead of letting our server initiate PPP. It seems strange that PPP problems are caused by an incorrect password.
Has anyone seen this behavior in Win2K? So far, we only have one customer using our internet service with Win2K and he has the re-type the password every time. I'm very impressed with Win2K and would like to recommend it to our customers, but this little issue is kind of annoying.
TIA,
Steve
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Steve Taylor - Service Manager
www.altoplanos.net
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho USA