On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:24:28 -0700 (PDT)
James Legg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I had a network with the SSID of Skippy() which nwam fails to connect to.
>
> I suspect the problem is this:
> (excerpt from /var/svc/log/network-wpa:iwi0.log)
>
> [ Jun 21 15:16:23 Executing start method ("/usr/lib/inet/wpad -i iwi0 -k
> nwam-Skippy()-0.1d.68.6b.56.9b"). ]
> /sbin/sh: syntax error at line 1: `(' unexpected
> [ Jun 21 15:16:23 Method "start" exited with status 3. ]
This looks more like a WPA problem then a NWAM problem. I've cc'd
networking-discuss to cover more of the relevant WPA types.
>
> Doing a bit of digging it seems that this is stored in here:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ svcprop wpa:iwi0 | grep exec
> start/exec astring /usr/lib/inet/wpad\ -i\ iwi0\ -k\
> nwam-Skippy\(\)-0.1d.68.6b.56.9b
>
> and while that is nicely escaped it seems to fall over when the wpad WPA
> supplicant attempts to connect (at least if I'm reading the logs correctly)
> eventually svc:/network/wpa:iwi0 fails
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ svcs -xv
> svc:/network/wpa:iwi0 (Wireless WPA Supplicant)
> State: maintenance since 21 June 2008 15:16:45 BST
> Reason: Start method failed repeatedly, last exited with status 3.
> See: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-KS
> See: man -M /usr/share/man -s 1M wpad
> See: /var/svc/log/network-wpa:iwi0.log
> Impact: This service is not running.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
>
> This is my own network so it hasn't been a problem to work around by changing
> the SSID but it might be an problem for someone else - I don't know if this
> is a know issue or bugworthy. It only seems to effect if the network is using
> WPA not WEP encryption (Im guessing that is because it is to do with the WPA
> supplicant)
Agreed. A guess would be that two levels of quoting are needed.
mph
>
>
> Cheers
> James
>
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