ppp: auth_ReadName: Name too long !

[Chris Ralph]

Hi all,

Whenever I try to establish a ppp connection either automatically or
manually on 5.4R, I get "warning: auth_Readname: Name too lomg (112) !"

It looks something like this (obvously I replaced the username, but it's
exactly 6 characters long before the @):

ppp>set device PPPoE:sis0
ppp>set authname xxxxxx at bmts.com
ppp>set authkey xxxxxx
ppp>dial
ppp>
Ppp>
Warning: auth_ReadName: Name too long (112) !".

If I use auto mode, then the warning just appears in the logs and also in
pppctl..

It seems that anything ending in "bmts.com" causes the error, because if I
shorten the name before the "@" (e.g. 12345 at bmts.com), it stills gives the
warning, but if I shorten it after the "@" (e.g. 123456 at bmts.co), the
warning doesn't occur.

I googled it and found just one single post from someone with the same
problem as me, and no replies.. (Message-ID:
ggor9a.hs3.ln at obelix.wobilix.de)
I tried the comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc newsgroup, but no luck there either..


Below is an excerpt from /var/log/ppp.log:

Jul  3 17:03:41 xena ppp[465]: Phase: PPP Started (interactive mode).
Jul  3 17:04:46 xena ppp[465]: Phase: bundle: Establish
Jul  3 17:04:46 xena ppp[465]: Phase: deflink: closed -> opening
Jul  3 17:04:49 xena ppp[465]: Phase: deflink: Connected!
Jul  3 17:04:49 xena ppp[465]: Phase: deflink: opening -> dial
Jul  3 17:04:49 xena ppp[465]: Phase: deflink: dial -> carrier
Jul  3 17:04:50 xena ppp[465]: Phase: Received NGM_PPPOE_ACNAME (hook
"bas3-kitchener06")
Jul  3 17:04:51 xena ppp[465]: Phase: Received NGM_PPPOE_SESSIONID
Jul  3 17:04:51 xena ppp[465]: Phase: Received NGM_PPPOE_SUCCESS
Jul  3 17:04:51 xena ppp[465]: Phase: deflink: carrier -> login
Jul  3 17:04:51 xena ppp[465]: Phase: deflink: login -> lcp
Jul  3 17:04:51 xena ppp[465]: Phase: bundle: Authenticate
Jul  3 17:04:51 xena ppp[465]: Phase: deflink: his = PAP, mine = none
Jul  3 17:04:51 xena ppp[465]: Phase: Pap Output: xxxxxx at bmts.com ********
Jul  3 17:04:52 xena ppp[465]: Warning: auth_ReadName: Name too long (112) !
Jul  3 17:04:52 xena ppp[465]: Phase: Pap Input: FAILURE ()
Jul  3 17:04:53 xena ppp[465]: Phase: Received NGM_PPPOE_CLOSE
Jul  3 17:04:53 xena ppp[465]: Phase: deflink: Device disconnected
Jul  3 17:04:53 xena ppp[465]: Phase: deflink: Disconnected!
Jul  3 17:04:53 xena ppp[465]: Phase: deflink: lcp -> logout
Jul  3 17:04:53 xena ppp[465]: Phase: deflink: Disconnected!
Jul  3 17:04:53 xena ppp[465]: Phase: deflink: logout -> hangup
Jul  3 17:04:53 xena ppp[465]: Phase: deflink: Connect time: 4 secs: 181
octets in, 107 octets out


Anyone seen this error before or am I the only one with this issue ?

Regards,
Chris