FS#18405 - [netcfg] fails to parse wpa passphrase with backslash

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by lornoss (lornoss) - Saturday, 20 February 2010, 00:37 GMT
Last edited by James Rayner (iphitus) - Sunday, 21 February 2010, 04:04 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To James Rayner (iphitus)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
Backslashes need to be preceded by a double backslash in network profile in order for netcfg to build a correct wpa_supplicant config. I believe this is a new behavior as of netcfg 2.5 and this needs to be noted in documentation if this is intentional.

Additional info:
* 2.5.2
/etc/network.d/routulator:
CONNECTION="wireless"
INTERFACE="wlan0"
SECURITY="wpa"
ESSID="routulator"
IP="dhcp"
KEY="<passphrase with a backslash>"
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Closed by  James Rayner (iphitus)
Sunday, 21 February 2010, 04:04 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  documented on wiki, will modify examples to use single quotes where appropriate.
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Saturday, 20 February 2010, 02:08 GMT
As netcfg uses bash syntax, the need to escape backslashes inside double quotes is completely normal. Enclosing the key in single quotes would also fix your issue.

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