Trouble connecting to networks on debian

[tslater]

I get an error Error: Failed to add/activate new connection: (32) 802-11-wireless-security.psk: property is invalid, which is the same error I get if I try and connect via nmcli dev wifi con "MY_SSID" password "MY_PASSWORD".

[friedrith]

Please give your version of debian. nmcli seemed to be good cli interface a priori but it is quite mis configured in some distributions.

[tslater]

Does this work on some distros? Which ones? I am in an embedded environment, but I might be able to just switch. I'm on Debian 8.3

Distributor ID: Debian
Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 8.3 (jessie)
Release:        8.3
Codename:       jessie

[friedrith]

It works in Ubuntu but not on debian nor raspbian. It is a issue to resolve but I would like to resolve it with keeping nmcli instead of using another command line tool. I already tried a quite long time but nmcli is not well configured in few distributions.

[friedrith]

If you have any idea how to manage it on debian, I will integrate in the project without a doubt.

[tslater]

I've been looking into it and haven't found a way with nmcli. I'll keep looking and let you know if I find anything!

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[tslater]

I have an update here. nmcli works if I do:

nmcli dev wifi con "MY_SSID" password 'MY_PASSWORD' instead of nmcli dev wifi con "MY_SSID" password "MY_PASSWORD". I have a dollar sign in my password. I wonder if that is related?

[tslater]

It also works if I add a \$, must be bash thinking that $ is a variable name? Maybe we need something like this across the commands: http://stackoverflow.com/a/7685469/1629323. What do you think @thibaultfriedrich ?

[tslater]

Calling the escape function on my string before connecting fixes it. Is that something we'd want to add to the code itself?

[friedrith]

Sorry for the absence, do not hesitate to propose a pull request, if it works for you, I will test on our machines before merging it.

[friedrith]

In fact, I will to it today.

[friedrith]

The following function doesn't work at all for me. May you be more accurate of which function works for you.

var escapeShell = function(cmd) {
    return '"'+cmd.replace(/(["\s'$`\\])/g,'\\$1')+'"';
};

Moreover, I already use ' instead of " for password and ssid.

[friedrith]

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