Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 123357
Wvdial doesn't authenticate with ISP
Last modified: 2007-04-18 13:07:35 EDT
Description of problem: When trying to connect using wvdial, it gets as far as finding the login prompt and sending my username (my email address) but doesn't seem to find the password prompt (which is password:). After a few seconds it complains about not knowing what to do and launching pppd and hoping for the best, which times out a short while later. I have verified my username and password in wvdial.conf, and also set the password prompt to what was observed logging in using minicom. I can login without issue using minicom and get a pppd session going by manually launching pppd. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: try to connect using wvdial Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: wvdial times out without finding password prompt Expected results: working ppp session Additional info:
Created attachment 100293 [details] transcript of dialup attempt Here is a transcript of a dialup attempt. It sends the username but never claims to see a password prompt.
how does a normal login procedure over minicom look like?
Created attachment 100298 [details] minicom transcript Here is a transcript of a minicom login. I was then able to launch pppd manually and submit this attachment.
it seems like wvdial does not get the password string after sending the login name... maybe it needs '\r\n' windows like carriage return?
I tried adding \r\n to the end of both the username and password strings and there was no change, but I'm not sure they were sent as <CR><LF>. Is there something else I can try?
hmm, write a custom chat script... sorry, I cannot fix this.