Blank's in Usernames (fwd)

MegaZone (megazone@livingston.com)
Mon, 30 Jun 1997 04:43:12 -0700 (PDT)

Once upon a time Dietmar Stommel shaped the electrons to say...
>When i dial in with my real username plus blank's plus a string, and the
>correct password, i get full access. But with the wrong username.

Yes, this is normal.

>Username in /etc/passwd: "test01"
>Dial in with Username: "test01 123"

RADIUS terminates usernames on ANY whitespace. So all RADIUS is checking
is 'test01'.

-MZ

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