NetworkManager doesn't support special characters in VPN password

[outlaw45]

Binary package hint: network-manager

if the password used to log-in onVPN service have special characters the attempt to connect fails all the time (this is not VPN fault because its work under windows)

example: ñ ç ș ț ă î â

ubuntu 9.10

[Thomas Hood (jdthood)]

Has there been any progress on this in Ubuntu 12.04?

[Thomas (t.c)]

I am also affected with this problem :(

by me, there are german characters like Ää Öö Üü and ß

Why is this incomplete?

I use it with PPTP VPN Connections to a Windows VPN Server, but think it is not the only vpn protocol which is affected.

[Thomas (t.c)]

Full log of a session:

Aug 16 09:45:31 nbtxc NetworkManager[1081]: <info> Starting VPN service 'pptp'...
Aug 16 09:45:31 nbtxc NetworkManager[1081]: <info> VPN service 'pptp' started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp), PID 5182
Aug 16 09:45:31 nbtxc NetworkManager[1081]: <info> VPN service 'pptp' appeared; activating connections
Aug 16 09:45:31 nbtxc NetworkManager[1081]: <info> VPN plugin state changed: init (1)
Aug 16 09:45:31 nbtxc NetworkManager[1081]: <info> VPN plugin state changed: starting (3)
Aug 16 09:45:32 nbtxc NetworkManager[1081]: <info> VPN connection 'customer PPTP' (Connect) reply received.
Aug 16 09:45:32 nbtxc pppd[5186]: Plugin /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.5/nm-pptp-pppd-plugin.so loaded.
Aug 16 09:45:32 nbtxc pppd[5186]: pppd 2.4.5 started by root, uid 0
Aug 16 09:45:32 nbtxc pppd[5186]: Using interface ppp0
Aug 16 09:45:32 nbtxc pppd[5186]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/4
Aug 16 09:45:32 nbtxc NetworkManager[1081]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/ppp0, iface: ppp0)
Aug 16 09:45:32 nbtxc NetworkManager[1081]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/ppp0, iface: ppp0): no ifupdown configuration found.
Aug 16 09:45:32 nbtxc pptp[5188]: nm-pptp-service-5182 log[main:pptp.c:314]: The synchronous pptp option is NOT activated
Aug 16 09:45:32 nbtxc pptp[5194]: nm-pptp-service-5182 log[ctrlp_rep:pptp_ctrl.c:251]: Sent control packet type is 1 'Start-Control-Connection-Request'
Aug 16 09:45:32 nbtxc pptp[5194]: nm-pptp-service-5182 log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:739]: Received Start Control Connection Reply
Aug 16 09:45:32 nbtxc pptp[5194]: nm-pptp-service-5182 log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:773]: Client connection established.
Aug 16 09:45:33 nbtxc pptp[5194]: nm-pptp-service-5182 log[ctrlp_rep:pptp_ctrl.c:251]: Sent control packet type is 7 'Outgoing-Call-Request'
Aug 16 09:45:33 nbtxc pptp[5194]: nm-pptp-service-5182 log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:858]: Received Outgoing Call Reply.
Aug 16 09:45:33 nbtxc pptp[5194]: nm-pptp-service-5182 log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:897]: Outgoing call established (call ID 0, peer's call ID 43520).
Aug 16 09:45:33 nbtxc pptp[5194]: nm-pptp-service-5182 log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:950]: PPTP_SET_LINK_INFO received from peer_callid 0
Aug 16 09:45:33 nbtxc pptp[5194]: nm-pptp-service-5182 log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:953]: send_accm is 00000000, recv_accm is FFFFFFFF
Aug 16 09:45:33 nbtxc pptp[5194]: nm-pptp-service-5182 warn[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:956]: Non-zero Async Control Character Maps are not supported!
Aug 16 09:45:33 nbtxc pppd[5186]: MS-CHAP authentication failed: E=691 Authentication failure
Aug 16 09:45:33 nbtxc pppd[5186]: CHAP authentication failed
Aug 16 09:45:33 nbtxc pptp[5194]: nm-pptp-service-5182 log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:950]: PPTP_SET_LINK_INFO received from peer_callid 0
Aug 16 09:45:33 nbtxc pptp[5194]: nm-pptp-service-5182 log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:953]: send_accm is FFFFFFFF, recv_accm is FFFFFFFF
Aug 16 09:45:33 nbtxc pptp[5194]: nm-pptp-service-5182 warn[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:956]: Non-zero Async Control Character Maps are not supported!
Aug 16 09:45:33 nbtxc pppd[5186]: Connection terminated.
Aug 16 09:45:33 nbtxc NetworkManag...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.