Description of problem: having a back tic " ` " in the wireless password causes errors with ifup. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): fedora 16. 3.2.7-1 How reproducible: use a backtic in the wireless password Steps to Reproduce: 1. setup wireless network that requires a back tic in it . (e.g. wpa2-psk with password of something`bad 2. run ifdown wlan0; ifup wlan0 3. observe unexpected EOF. Actual results: output of ifup wlan0: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/keys-mySSID: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching ``' /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/keys-mySSID: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file Device state: 30 (disconnected) /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/keys-mySSID: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching ``' /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/keys-mySSID: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file Active connection state: activating Active connection path: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/1 state: activated Connection activated Expected results: no unexpected EOF's Additional info: nameserver information might not be getting properly passed down due to this error if using DHCP. not sure about that part though.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): initscripts-9.34-2.fc16.x86_64 how reproducible: always on my machine? just use a back tic
How have you setup the password? I have suspicion that problem is in NetworkManager, but it seems to escape all problematic chars.
not really sure how to properly describe where in the UI I am inputing the password. gnome fall back ui. using the wireless icon next to my user name in the upper right. click on wireless icon->connect to hidden wireless network-> new SSID-Name wireless security-> wpa & wpa2- personal. applogies for my tardiness in updating the bz.
As I know initscripts are only reading this file, so if you didn't edit it manually, this should be caused by NetworkManager.
NetworkManager qouted the password (WPA_PSK), but double quotes was not enough to prevent bash from breaking on strings containing special characters. A fix has been pushed upstream: 79757f10f30885d436f4c5cf528cb0bd4e0acafb
NetworkManager-0.9.3.995-0.5.git20120313.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/NetworkManager-0.9.3.995-0.5.git20120313.fc17
NetworkManager-0.9.3.995-0.6.git20120314.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/NetworkManager-0.9.3.995-0.6.git20120314.fc17
Package NetworkManager-0.9.3.995-0.6.git20120314.fc17: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing NetworkManager-0.9.3.995-0.6.git20120314.fc17' as soon as you are able to, then reboot. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-3861/NetworkManager-0.9.3.995-0.6.git20120314.fc17 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
NetworkManager-0.9.3.995-0.6.git20120314.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.