Re: rc.conf when ssid has spaces in it: missing documentation or missing feature?

2009-06-11 Thread Mel Flynn
On Thursday 11 June 2009 12:03:56 Yuri wrote: > Mel Flynn wrote: > > So escape use and escape the quotes with a backslash. You may need more > > then one backslash, depending on the level of evaluation in /etc/rc.subr > > and /etc/rc.d/netif. > > I believe documentation should describe this since t

Re: rc.conf when ssid has spaces in it: missing documentation or missing feature?

2009-06-11 Thread Mel Flynn
On Thursday 11 June 2009 11:55:15 Mel Flynn wrote: > On Thursday 11 June 2009 11:29:25 Yuri wrote: > > I can't find any references in rc.conf(5) on how to set up ifconfig line > > if SSID has spaces which is very typical situation. > > ifconfig(8) doesn't mention this either but it works if I put q

Re: rc.conf when ssid has spaces in it: missing documentation or missing feature?

2009-06-11 Thread Yuri
Mel Flynn wrote: So escape use and escape the quotes with a backslash. You may need more then one backslash, depending on the level of evaluation in /etc/rc.subr and /etc/rc.d/netif. I believe documentation should describe this since this is a major element of setting wireless network up

Re: rc.conf when ssid has spaces in it: missing documentation or missing feature?

2009-06-11 Thread Mel Flynn
On Thursday 11 June 2009 11:29:25 Yuri wrote: > I can't find any references in rc.conf(5) on how to set up ifconfig line > if SSID has spaces which is very typical situation. > ifconfig(8) doesn't mention this either but it works if I put quotes > around it. So escape use and escape the quotes wit

Re: rc.conf when ssid has spaces in it: missing documentation or missing feature?

2009-06-11 Thread Glen Barber
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Yuri wrote: > I can't find any references in rc.conf(5) on how to set up ifconfig line if > SSID has spaces which is very typical situation. > ifconfig(8) doesn't mention this either but it works if I put quotes around > it. > > I would assume spaces should be subst

rc.conf when ssid has spaces in it: missing documentation or missing feature?

2009-06-11 Thread Yuri
I can't find any references in rc.conf(5) on how to set up ifconfig line if SSID has spaces which is very typical situation. ifconfig(8) doesn't mention this either but it works if I put quotes around it. I would assume spaces should be substituted for '_' like in Linux. But I remember I wasn'