Escape with Backslash Enables Double Quoted WPA-PSK

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tejjyid

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One of my wifi networks uses double-quotes in the password; it seems when I try to enter it into a password field nothing happens. I thought of coding it in network.conf, but then how do I do that? Would the password dquote be escaped with backslash? Or something else?

(And BTW, is there an option somewhere to make password entry visible? Easier for me)

Thanks again

Posted 11 years ago #
mojo

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# leafpad /etc/network.conf
WIFI_KEY=" "

WPA pre-shared keys are always surrounded by double quotes in the config file.

Posted 11 years ago #
tejjyid

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Yeah, I saw that - I wondered if there was an escape character? Backslash works in some contexts...I can try, I guess.

Posted 11 years ago #
tejjyid

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So, related (I think) is that when I try to enter the double quote into a prompt box, the cursor doesn't advance...

Works in Android & Windows.

I will look further, but if anyone has an idea, other than "Change the password", that would be useful

Posted 11 years ago #
tejjyid

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Yee-hah!
Backslash works to escape the rabbit's ears.

<Entry from pink Slitaz-powered MSI Wind >

Posted 11 years ago #
mojo

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You have to manually edit /etc/network.conf
If your WPA PSK is "slitaz"
# leafpad /etc/network.conf
WIFI_KEY="\"slitaz\""
File/Save/File/Quit
# /etc/init.d/network.sh restart

Posted 11 years ago #

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