Arch Linux

Description:

Take this `/etc/network-profiles/test` file, noting the "a space" ESSID, deviating from the normal single word ESSI:

DESCRIPTION="test"

INTERFACE=eth1
HOSTNAME=myhost
ESSID="a space"
KEY=pass
IWOPTS="mode managed essid $ESSID channel 6 key restricted $KEY"


# netcfg test
:: Starting network profile: test [BUSY]
iwconfig: unknown command "space"
[FAIL]

As you can see, the quotation marks in the ESSID are not preserved, meaning netcfg calls `iwconfig mode managed essid a space channel 6 key restricted pass` instead of `iwconfig mode managed essid "a space" channel 6 key restricted pass`. Therefore, iwconfig assumes the word "space" is a command line argument instead of the rest of the ESSID.

Making sure the netcfg script preserves the quotation marks in the ESSID variable (the onw in the network-profiles file) would fix this.

Additional info:
* package version(s)

local/initscripts 2007.08-1
local/wireless_tools 29pre21-1

* config and/or log files etc.

See description.

Steps to reproduce:

See description.