From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 9 12:40:07 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28C99106566B for ; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:40:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 059E78FC0A for ; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:40:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m79Ce1Fl023472 for ; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:40:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m79Ce1SK023471; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:40:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:40:01 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200808091240.m79Ce1SK023471@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Jean-Charles Longuet Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F7DA106564A for ; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:31:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E8108FC0A for ; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:31:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m79CVVV0050959 for ; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:31:31 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m79CVVAk050958; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:31:31 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200808091231.m79CVVAk050958@www.freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:31:31 GMT From: Jean-Charles Longuet To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: conf/126392: rc.conf ifconfig_xx keywords cannot be escaped X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:40:07 -0000 >Number: 126392 >Category: conf >Synopsis: rc.conf ifconfig_xx keywords cannot be escaped >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Aug 09 12:40:01 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jean-Charles Longuet >Release: 7.0-RELEASE >Organization: none >Environment: FreeBSD soekris 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #4: Sun Aug 3 16:35:00 CEST 2008 root@soekris-master:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/NET4801 i386 >Description: Special keywords in ifconfig_xx varaibles in /etc/rc.conf cannot be escaped. However, some of these keywords may be mandatory in ifconfig arguments, for example, in : ifconfig_ath0="inet 192.168.101.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid Winet channel 9 mode 11g mediaopt hostap media OFDM54 authmode WPA" The "WPA" is used to mounf the interface using WPA, insead of setting the authmode. >How-To-Repeat: Configure an interface this way : ifconfig_ath0="inet 192.168.101.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid Winet channel 9 mode 11g mediaopt hostap media OFDM54 authmode WPA" Other keywords like DHCP may trigger the problem as well. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: