topic VPDN Syntax Issue? in Network Security

VPDN Syntax Issue?

tcall_lincoln — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 21:34:44 GMT

I'm very much a noob when it comes to issuing PIX firewall commands. I recently needed to update the PPPOE login information after we had some issues with our DSL connection.

SHOW VPDN USERNAME provided me with:

vpdn username meatball@bellsouth.net password ******** store-local

I then typed the following hoping to update the password:

VPDN USERNAME meatball@bellsouth.net PASSWORD abc123 store-local

After pressing enter, I got:

TYPE '?' OR HELP FOR A LIST OF COMMANDS

PIXFIREWALL#>

Since I kept getting the suggestion to type HELP and since my new password never worked, I'm assuming something is wrong with the command I typed. Is it a syntax issue?

Thanks in advance for the help.

VPDN Syntax Issue?

Kureli Sankar — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 14:01:53 GMT

I simply typed the command out - notice the PASSWORD that you had is all lower case. Try to copy and paste that I have below.

ASA-5505(config)# vpdn username meatball@bellsouth.net password abc123 store-local

ASA-5505(config)# sh run vpdn

vpdn username meatball@bellsouth.net password ***** store-local

Here is the command ref:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa83/command/reference/uz.html#wp1704634

-Kureli

VPDN Syntax Issue?

tcall_lincoln — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:37:30 GMT

Kureli,

I'm not sure I follow you. If you are talking about my using ALL CAPS in my command, I merely typed it that way in my original post for emphasis. I actually typed the command in all lowercase exactly as you did:

PIXFIREWALL#> vpdn username meatball@bellsouth.net password abc123 store-local

Since the username contains the symbols '@' and '.', does the username need to be offset by quotes or something similar?

Thanks.

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