Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 00:57:47 +0200 From: Gunther Mayer <gunther.mayer@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Spaces in SSID in /etc/rc.conf Message-ID: <464F80EB.70705@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20070514212903.GS25685@rescomp.berkeley.edu> References: <4648BC6C.4020609@gmail.com> <20070514212903.GS25685@rescomp.berkeley.edu>
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Christopher Cowart wrote: > On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 09:45:48PM +0200, Gunther Mayer wrote: > >> Hi there, >> >> I got a low key server who is wirelessly connected to the net using an >> SSID that contains a space. In rc.conf I define the ifconfig line for >> configuration of my wireless interface upon bootup, but the entire line >> reads something like >> >> ifconfig_ath0=' inet 192.168.0.1 ssid "my network" ' >> >> No matter how I tweak the quotes (single then double, other way round, >> with lots of \\) I never get my interface to configure properly upon >> bootup and I need to get to the console to fix it up. I thought I knew >> shell syntax but this is beyond me or manpages... >> >> What's the right way to do this? >> > > One approach would be to navigate the series of function calls defined > in /etc/network.subr. I just took a brief look, but it's not immediately > obvious how many times you're going to have to escape exactly what to > get the behavior you desire. > > Another option would be to make the file /etc/start_if.ath0, containing > the line `ifconfig ... ssid "my network"`. This file would be sourced > when /etc/rc.d/netif starts the network interfaces, before the rc > variable ifconfig_ath0 is run. You can then omit the variable > ifconfig_ath0 from /etc/rc.conf. > > For more hints, look in /etc/netif, /etc/network.subr, and /etc/rc.subr. > Thanks for all your ideas guys, I really appreciate the help. Finally got some time to try all of your suggestions, though backwhacking (\) the space and/or the quotes makes no difference so I decided in the end to stop fighting the quoting wars and to just use /etc/start_if.ath0 which works perfectly. Not quite as neat as having everything live in /etc/rc.conf but it does the trick.
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