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Certain Special Characters Cause Software iSCSI Initiator CHAP Configuration Corruption (1003095)

Details

If you set up CHAP using a "$" character, target discovery fails and disabling or resetting CHAP does not work properly. Other special characters, such as () @ # $ % ^ & and *, might cause the same problem.

Solution

Follow these steps:

Open a remote shell or local terminal to the host.
Log in as root.
Open the file /etc/vmkiscsi.conf in an editor.
To disable CHAP:
1. Remove the lines starting with
  OutgoingUsername=
  OutgoingPassword=
  These lines might be corrupted.
2. Add the following lines:
  #OutgoingUsername=
  #OutgoingPassword=
  Be sure to include the comment indicator (#)
Save the file.
Re-enable CHAP without using special characters in the username and password. Escaping special characters does not work reliably.

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