Re: Problem preseeding wifi password
On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 11:27:37AM -0800, VDRU VDRU wrote:
> 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...
> >
> 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.
And is (temporary) removing the , from the SSID tested?
> Thanks!
Groeten
Geert Stappers
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