On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 11:27:37AM -0800, VDRU VDRU wrote: > On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 10:59 AM Steve McIntyre <[email protected]> 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 -- Silence is hard to parse
