Comments on: Maximum Password Length in Coova-Chilli

By: axi

axi — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:03:18 +0000

i have the same problem i did that instructions but also it didn’t work..!!!!!!!!!!!

By: buta

buta — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:13:25 +0000

whate is max&minimum pass word length

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:17:48 +0000

Thanks for the help, from what I could see you need to change REDIR_MD5LEN in the redir.h file
May also need to change the REDIR_CHALLEN

chillispot-1.1.0/src/redir.h

By: Mark Dennehy

Mark Dennehy — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:31:46 +0000

Unfortunately you have to fix both the cgi script and the chillispot server John. There were errors on both sides with encoding/decoding the password when it exceeded 16 characters. I’ve been working with coova, but I’m not as au fait with it as I am with chillispot. Still, chillispot’s a dead project with no development work on it since ’07, so moving over might well be a positive thing to do.

By: John S

John S — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:57:20 +0000

Thanks for posting your trials and tribulations. I am trying to get around the 16 character limit as well, but I am hoping that I don’t have to install the full blown coova-chili install.
Right now I am using dd-wrt v24.sp2 to redirect clients to hotspotlogin.cgi which is located on a separate radius server. I tried replacing my hotspotlogin.cgi script with the latest version of hotspotlogin.cgi (1.14 build 240) which contains your fix, but passwords are still trimmed to 16 characters. Am I missing the point? Do I really need to fix the version of chillispot running on dd-wrt AND the hotspotlogin.cgi?

Since I doubt my ability to rebuild and install chillispot from source in the DD-wrt environment, would you recommend installing coovachilli on my radius server and running everything from there?

Thanks again for sharing with the rest of us! BTW, the gif at the top is pretty funny.

John