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samsilla

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Registered: 2009-08-26

Posts: 4

[SOLVED] simple syntax error in wpa_supplicant.conf

Hi,

I managed to configure my wireless adapter to connect to my network using netcfg fine. However, everytime I boot up I see this:

/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf: line 7: syntax error near unexpected token `}'
/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf: line 7: `}'
/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf: line 7: syntax error near unexpected token `}'
/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf: line 7: `}'

I guess it's not really an issue, but for me it is a minor annoyance and an indicator that I should fix it before something goes wrong later down the line.

The following is my wpa_supplicant.conf file... I can't find anything wrong with it. I do want to mention though that I did set this file's permission to 775, so I don't know if that has an effect on it.

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel

network={
    ssid="WRT54GL"
    #psk="9999999999"
    psk=236e45f2wer6c1a3d604dasee342cc742c42346f125603e7658973523753q3e3b3 
}

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Last edited by samsilla (2009-08-30 14:30:24)

samsilla

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Registered: 2009-08-26

Posts: 4

Re: [SOLVED] simple syntax error in wpa_supplicant.conf

bumping. someone please halp

Beini

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From: Finland

Registered: 2007-06-06

Posts: 78

Re: [SOLVED] simple syntax error in wpa_supplicant.conf

I really don't see a problem with it. Maybe it's your netcfg config? or a bug in netcfg...

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sebleblanc

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From: Montréal, Canada

Registered: 2007-12-21

Posts: 41

Re: [SOLVED] simple syntax error in wpa_supplicant.conf

Erase it all and type it all manually. Sometimes when copy-pasting, invalid (invisible) characters get added. That should fix it. Also, there are 66 characters in your WPA key, which makes it invalid.

samsilla

Member

Registered: 2009-08-26

Posts: 4

Re: [SOLVED] simple syntax error in wpa_supplicant.conf

I really don't see a problem with it. Maybe it's your netcfg config? or a bug in netcfg...

thanks! i'll check the config file!

Erase it all and type it all manually. Sometimes when copy-pasting, invalid (invisible) characters get added. That should fix it. Also, there are 66 characters in your WPA key, which makes it invalid.

thanks! this makes sense to me i'll do what you say.. also i changed the WPA key here (adding in my own numbers/letters).

thanks again guys for the help. will let you know how it works out

Last edited by samsilla (2009-08-29 01:12:22)

tomd123

Developer

Registered: 2008-08-12

Posts: 565

Re: [SOLVED] simple syntax error in wpa_supplicant.conf

yeah, I get this same error too when using netcfg with wireless-wpa-config

But doing the normal wpa_supplicant + dhcpcd method works, so theres a problem with netcfg imo.

maxim_

Member

From: Asia/Omsk

Registered: 2009-08-26

Posts: 12

Re: [SOLVED] simple syntax error in wpa_supplicant.conf

There is unclosed quote in wireless-wpa-config, just put another into the end of the string.

samsilla

Member

Registered: 2009-08-26

Posts: 4

Re: [SOLVED] simple syntax error in wpa_supplicant.conf

Okay I found out the problem.. turns out this was all caused by a simple space

Before:

WPA_CONF= "/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf"

After:

WPA_CONF="/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf"

Thanks again for the help guys.