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From: jaltman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Jeffrey Altman)
Subject: Re: Passwords in upper case
Date: 25 Feb 1999 18:56:16 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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To: kermit.misc@mailrelay2.cc.columbia.edu
In article <7b43rb$74v$1@news-2.news.gte.net>,
Bob Mergner <rmergner@hworks.com> wrote:
: Hi,
:
: I have a script that logs onto a system with a username, and a password that
: has been encrypted by k95dial's script generator. This password is lower
: case. On my windows98 system, the password works fine, but on my Windows NT
: 4.0 server system, the password gets sent upper case. On the host system in
: question, upper case makes the password fail. Is this a bug?
:
The code is the same on Win98 and NT. The password is sent as it was
entered in the dialer. Are you sure that it is the password that is being
rejected by the host? Perhaps your userid is the wrong case.
Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer * Kermit-95 for Win32 and OS/2
The Kermit Project * Columbia University
612 West 115th St #716 * New York, NY * 10025
http://www.kermit-project.org/k95.html * kermit-support@kermit-project.org