Re: Problem preseeding wifi password
Hi, thanks for your reply! No, there are no single/double-quotes,
apostrophes, or dollar signs. The password contains a-z, A-Z, 0-9, and
_ only.
Another thing I noticed but didn't mention is that in the ssid list,
it splits the ssid into two entries in the menu. There's a "," in the
ssid name and that's where the split occurs. No "," is shown in either
menu entry. Maybe the ssid list is comma-separated rather than using a
character that can't or is less likely to appear in a ssid? This seems
to just be a cosmetic issue but could confuse users as to which entry
to select in cases like that. Since my primary problem is the password
preseeding and unrelated to this, I didn't mention it before.
Thanks!
On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 10:59 AM Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 10:07:41AM -0800, VDRU VDRU wrote:
> >Hi.
> >
> >Using the Debian testing net installer iso. I have a wifi password
> >that is 60 chars long that contains underscores. When I preseed it
> >with "d-i netcfg/wireless_wpa <password>", the installer spits out an
> >error that the password is either too long (>64 chars) or too short
> >(<8 chars). Neither is true and if I enter it manually instead of
> >preseeding it, there's no problem. I have tried preseeding the
> >password with and without quotes around it with no success. The only
> >thing that comes to mind is maybe the underscores (or special chars in
> >general) are not handled correctly by the installer..? I'm not sure a
> >bug report is warranted just yet so I'm hoping to get feedback on the
> >above before going that route.
>
> Hmmm, that's odd. I have to ask - does your long password contain
> quotes (' or ") or $ symbols? Although the netcfg code here is in C,
> it may end up using backend interfaces that might be confused by those
> special characters. I have not tested this locally, but that would be
> my immediate suspicion based on what you're describing...
>
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> Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
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