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Retrieve CenturyLink PPPoE username/password from technicolor C2000T
# first enable telnet, and connect
# then you will get a '>' prompt where you want to run the following commands
sh
pidstat -l -C pppd
# see -u (username) and -p (password) in the output
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jamesfolberth commented Aug 7, 2021

I've got a C2000A. sh is password protected, but I do have access to ps and cat. I used ps to find the PID of pppd (and partial command line) then did cat /proc/$PID/cmdline to get the user/pass.

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