Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 13:11:51 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Space character in rc.conf variable Message-ID: <4CCC7C07.8080903@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinQ6QpKacJLnKU=zgSYMo-NG7PajG26wBVxw0PR@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTinQ6QpKacJLnKU=zgSYMo-NG7PajG26wBVxw0PR@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10/30/10 11:56, Harald Servat wrote: > Hello -hackers, > > (although this is a network topic, I think this may be the appropiate list > to ask. If you think it's not, please, tell me) > > I'm trying to configure my wifi SSID within /etc/rc.conf in FreeBSD 8.1 > amd64 , but I've found that I'm unable to get it working at boot time > (although I can do it after boot in cmd line). > > My SSID has an space character and I don't know how to deal with it. So my > question is easy, how do I add an space in the SSID? I've tried wrapping the > SSID using \" , \' also adding \(space), changing " for ' and others without > success. > > As an example my rc.conf entry looks like > ifconfig_wlan0="ssid SSID WITH SPACE dhcp" > and after booting I see that ifconfig tried to connect to SSID instead to > "SSID WITH SPACE". > > As I said, if I run ifconfig wlan0 ssid "SSID WITH SPACE" from the command > line, works fine. The best solution would be to change the SSID to one without spaces. :) If you can't or won't do that, one of these should work, please report back which one does: ='ssid "ssid with space" DHCP' ='ssid \"ssid with space\" DHCP' ="ssid 'ssid with space' DHCP" ="ssid \'ssid with space\' DHCP" hth, Doug -- Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. -- OK Go Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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