On Mon, May 06, 2024 at 02:09:45PM -0400, npiazza@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > with a long password that contains special characters, the wpa_supplicant > can connect to the network if using > > password="mypassword" > > in the .config file (i.e. the actual password enclosed in quotation marks) > but not if using > > password=ext:pwd_eduroam > > with the external password file containing a line > > pwd_eduroam=mypassword > > without quotation marks. I also tried and failed with quotation marks > > pwd_eduroam="mypassword" > > The external file works correctly with other networks, or simpler/shorter > passwords on this network. > > Are there any restrictions on the characters allowed in the external file > backend, compared to the regular .conf file, or am I doing something wrong, > or missing some recently added patch? > > Thanks. After some experiments, I think what breaks the external file backend is the presence of a # character in the password field. This seems to work for me in wpa_supplicant.conf but not in the external file. If so, is this a well-known limitation or a bug? (tested on v2.11) _______________________________________________ Hostap mailing list Hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap
