Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:40:05 GMT From: Jean-Charles Longuet <jclonguet@laposte.net> To: freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/126392: rc.conf ifconfig_xx keywords cannot be escaped Message-ID: <200808121940.m7CJe5fu059233@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/126392; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Jean-Charles Longuet <jclonguet@laposte.net> To: bug-followup@freebsd.org, jclonguet@free.fr Cc: Subject: Re: conf/126392: rc.conf ifconfig_xx keywords cannot be escaped Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:10:04 +0200 From what I understand, wpa_supplicant is only used by client stations. In my case, I am configuring an access point with hostapd for the wpa handling, and do not require wpa_supplicant in any way, hence the configuration line I added in the intial report. More generaly, keywords can not be used anywhere in the ifconfig command line: you cannot set your ssid to such values, for example. There are workarounds, like running an extra ifconfig command in start_if.ath0, but that's just plain ugly, and I use FreeBSD to avoid this. Having an extra keyword meaning "do not look thereafter" could do the trick (something like "--" on command lines). -- Jc
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