Re: [Kannel-Devel] SMPP Maximum Password Length

I remember this being mentioned before on the users list -- search the mail
archives for both devel and users for password too long or 9 characters or
something like that..

I believe that the fix was change it to 8 characters and tell your provider
they suck.

I can't recall if the SMPP implementation was wrong in kannel (9 characters
was implemented as 8 + null) or if the SMPP spec specifies 9 characters,
but fails to mention clearly that the 9th is a null or that the null
termination is counted as part of the 9.

Beckman

On Mon, 19 Dec 2005, M Amedeo Alaimo wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a question about Kannel and the smsc-password length
> The smpp v3.4 states the maximum length is 9 characters.
> The password i was supplied from our provider is 9 characters.
> I put a line similar to this in my kannel.conf -
> smsc-username = onetwothr
> smsc-password = onetwothr
>
> And then i get this error message when starting the bearerbox
>
> [27034] [6] WARNING: SMPP: PDU element <password> too long (length is
> 9, should be 8)
> 2005-12-19 14:27:07 [27034] [6] WARNING: SMPP: PDU NULL terminated
> string has no NULL.
> 2005-12-19 14:27:07 [27034] [6] ERROR:
> SMPP[SMPP:host:8080/700:onetwothr:]: SMSC rejected login to transmit,
> code 0x0000000e (Invalid Password).
>
> I was wondering if I am doing something wrong, or is Kannel's maximum
> password length 8?
> Also I am using today's cvs version.
>
> Thanks a Bunch!
>
> M Amedeo Alaimo
>
>

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