From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 11 19:45:39 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43A491065672 for ; Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:45:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f227.google.com (mail-bw0-f227.google.com [209.85.218.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCE1D8FC1B for ; Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:45:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by bwz27 with SMTP id 27so129792bwz.43 for ; Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:45:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=mlshSCQB+WITzHTBUfje0zxQnhxECNrzXxn6hnWnY68=; b=IWlEupjs9kf5KS3E1tAIaT0ph+g32F+uVAH15A1du7cACdQO5VI8NyZDmyG33mFVv9 ZdoF8kMop3/jrGG4QdIU+LaULANtyYZI39vR/8Jra+4Ql5y7MQ0ZeOzVcHAvTqTsOcB6 gL1NTZYmFBOoq7eQWQWBOuAu6kzguugHkP5FE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=dV7vYfFKf+YROgC3wrPDDpZK/lrBT9c71xGQPB5e10VuUfVaUmOFw8xc7/9uvq9AN9 Mx2tr1ulKBene3zuIHmz78JoxULvbSavA2Zz+EEC7+7XtJW2dvS2gQVaCefHyIixYCM3 BE5dNWBaAEN1MV6rNcfmL1+BI097kC2ZIR/7g= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.116.9 with SMTP id k9mr2806332bkq.159.1244749537419; Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:45:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A315B15.5030000@rawbw.com> References: <4A315B15.5030000@rawbw.com> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:45:37 -0400 Message-ID: <4ad871310906111245k79fe814y304cbf8516771f2e@mail.gmail.com> From: Glen Barber To: yuri@rawbw.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rc.conf when ssid has spaces in it: missing documentation or missing feature? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:45:39 -0000 On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Yuri wrote: > I can't find any references in rc.conf(5) on how to set up ifconfig line if > SSID has spaces which is very typical situation. > ifconfig(8) doesn't mention this either but it works if I put quotes around > it. > > I would assume spaces should be substituted for '_' like in Linux. But I > remember I wasn't able to make it work for some reason. > Did you try escaping it? "My\ SSID\ Has\ Spaces" -- Glen Barber