Bug 41710 – wvdial doesn't like ampersands & in ppp connection names

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Bug 41710 - wvdial doesn't like ampersands & in ppp connection names

Summary:	wvdial doesn't like ampersands & in ppp connection names

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	wvdial (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.0
Hardware:	i386 Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Harald Hoyer
QA Contact:	David Lawrence
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Reported:	2001-05-21 17:14 EDT by Brian
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:33 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2005-07-08 11:28:17 EDT
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Description Brian 2001-05-21 17:14:42 EDT

Description of Problem:
If connection name in "Dialup configuration" has ampersand sign then wvdial doesn't work when started with the "RH PPP dialer". If the connection is closed by clicking on close then wvdial processes are left,using up processor time.

How Reproducible:
every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Add dialup connection to "Dialup Configuration" with name "U-Net_C&W"
2. Attempt to connect using RH PPP dialer

Actual Results:
Connection fails to be made

Expected Results:
Modem should dial but doesn't.

Additional Information:
/var/log/messages has some error messages including this line:
... WvDial: Warning Section [Dialer U-Net_C] does not exist in wvdial.conf.

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