/etc/conf.d/wireless ... key_Fisl6="s:abcdef0123456 enc open" key_home.las="s:1234560abcdef enc open" Processing breaks as follows: root@rodio ~ # /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 restart * Caching service dependencies ... [ ok ] * Starting wlan0 +++ key_Fisl6='s:abcdef0123456 enc open' +++ 'key_home.las=s:1234560abcdef enc open' /etc/conf.d/wireless: line 147: key_home.las=s:1234560abcdef enc open: command not found +++ set +x * Configuring wireless network for wlan0 * no access points found * Couldn't find any access points on wlan0 * Failed to configure wireless for wlan0 [ !! ] root@rodio ~ # Notice how "key_home.las" is being interpreted by following the "'". If the ESSID does not contain a "." the parsing is normal and the config works OK. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Use default /etc/init.d/net | wireless (baselayout-1.11.13) 2. Define keys for the two ESSIDs as in the beginning of the "Details" above. 3. /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 start (substitute net.eth1 or similar for net.wlan0) Actual Results: +++ 'key_home.las=s:1234560abcdef enc open' /etc/conf.d/wireless: line 147: key_home.las=s:1234560abcdef enc open: command not found Expected Results: With a proper wireless card and with a ESSID without "."s, the interface is correctly configured as expected. Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r0, 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.80GHz ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.10 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.16 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-Os -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-Os -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://www.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/gentoo http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j1" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage-mine" SYNC="rsync://localhost/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 S3TC X X509 Xaw3d a52 aac aalib accessibility acl acpi alsa apache2 apm arts artswrappersuid audiofile autofs avi bash-completion berkdb bindist bitmap-fonts bonobo calendar caps cddb cdparanoia cdr codecs cpdflib crypt cups curl devmap dga distcache distribution divx4linux dnd doc dts dumb-allegro dv dvd dvdr dvdread dxr3 edl eds emacs emacs-w3 emboss encode escreen esd ethereal etwin evms2 evo extensions faac faad fam fbdev ffmpeg flac foomaticdb foreign-package foreign-sysvinit fortran gb gcj gd gdbm geoip gif gimp gimpprint ginac gmtfull gmthigh gmtsuppl gmttria gnome gnuplot gphoto2 gpm gps gs gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml icu idea ieee1394 imap imlib imlib2 inifile intl ipv6 ithreads jabber jack java javascript jboss jce jikes jit jp2 jpeg jpeg2k kde kdeenablefinal kdepim kerberos krb4 lcms leim libcaca libg++ libwww live lua lufsusermount lzo lzw lzw-tiff mad maildir mailwrapper make-busybox-symlinks mbox md5sum mdb mikmod mjpeg mldonkeypango mmx mmx2 mmxext mng monkey motif mozcalendar mozctl mozilla mozinterfaceinfo mp3 mpeg mpeg4 mpi mplayer msn mysqli nas ncurses network neural nls nptl nptlonly nvidia nviz ocaml ogg oggvorbis opengl oscar ospfapi pam parse-clocks pcap pcmcia pdflib perl php pic plotutils png pnp portaudio posix povray ppds print procmail pthreads pvm python qt quicktime radeon readline real rtc samba sasl scanner sdk sdl slp sockets socks5 spell sse sse2 ssl svg svga sysvipc t1lib tcpd tcsim theora tiff transcode transparent-proxy truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts uml unicode usb userlocales v4l v4l2 videos vorbis wifi wmf xanim xattr xim xml xml2 xmms xosd xpm xprint xrandr xscreensaver xsl xslt xv xvid xvmc yahoo yv12 zlib zvbi userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS
you didnt convert the '.' to '_'
Sorry, I don't follow you. I can't see why I should change an essid name to use "_" instead of ".". Your comment suggests that this limitation (using "." not allowed) is somehow documented in iwconfig's man page or in the /etc/conf.d/wireless file, but it isn't. I've been using essid names with dots for quite sometime, and I also collected a few examples on the net. No luck finding the right standard document to see if there is such a limitation, however. So if you don't want to fix it, I suggest you to warn potential users what sort of restrictions you impose on the essid names.
(In reply to comment #2) > Sorry, I don't follow you. I can't see why I should change an essid name to use > "_" instead of ".". Your comment suggests that this limitation (using "." not > allowed) I do agree with you Paulo. My /etc/conf.d/wireless contains lines such as key_Rm3Wi-Fi="s:secret" in fact bash shell does not accept neither hyphens (-) in variables. You can test just writing it down in a shell. Unfortunately this wasn't documented and I had to look at /lib/rcscripts/net.modules.d/iwconfig in order to find the source of the problem... 889 iwconfig_get_wep_key() { 890 local mac=${1} key 891 eval key=\"\${mac_key_${mac//:/}\}\" 892 [[ -z ${key} ]] && eval key=\"\${key_${ESSIDVAR}\}\" <- TA-DA!!! :D 893 key=${key:-"off"} 894 echo ${key} 895 } isn't it possbile to use some kind of essid="Rm3Wi-Fi" variable instead? PS: it is also clear that I cannot change essid of my university, neither work location in order not to use hyphens or dots in a essids' :)
it should be pretty obvious why you need to use _ and not . or - ... it clearly doesnt work otherwise :P read the documentation at /etc/conf.d/wireless.example for more info
