[SOLVED] wpa_passphrase event not found

Glennzo · 2011-12-20 09:14:43

Hello to all. Just installed Arch on my older Toshiba laptop. I'm getting an error when trying to setup the WPA passphrase via the command

wpa_passphrase <ssid> <passphrase> > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

-bash: !": event not found.

I believe that the cause of the issue is that there is an exclamation point in the passphrase. The passphrase is similar to @123456! I'm not sure how to get around this. Any thoughts?

Last edited by Glennzo (2011-12-20 09:36:03)

/dev/zero · 2011-12-20 09:25:07

Glennzo wrote:

Hello to all. Just installed Arch on my older Toshiba laptop. I'm getting an error when trying to setup the WPA passphrase via the command
wpa_passphrase <ssid> <passphrase> > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

-bash: !": event not found. 
I believe that the cause of the issue is that there is an exclamation point in the passphrase. The passphrase is similar to @123456! I'm not sure how to get around this. Any thoughts?

What about if you enclose your arguments in single quotes?

For example, suppose your ssid is MYNAMEIS_SID and your passphrase is ILOVEPOPCORN!!, tell us what happens if you use,

wpa_passphrase MYNAMEIS_SID 'ILOVEPOPCORN!!' > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

hadrons123 · 2011-12-20 09:30:43

i had similar issue.but then i changed the passphrase.
for more help

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Netcfg

Last edited by hadrons123 (2011-12-20 09:32:50)

Glennzo · 2011-12-20 09:31:40

Thank you so much /dev/zero! That worked perfectly.

/dev/zero · 2011-12-20 09:32:44

Glennzo wrote:

Thank you so much /dev/zero! That worked perfectly.

Hey, sweet, glad to hear it :-) Don't forget to add a [SOLVED] to the title ... ;-)

Glennzo · 2011-12-20 09:33:19

hadrons123 wrote:

i had similar issue.but then i changed the passphrase.
.
netcfg configurations are valid Bash scripts. Any configuration involving special characters such as $ or \ needs to be quoted correctly otherwise it will be interpreted by Bash. To avoid interpretation, use single quotes or backslash escape characters where appropriate.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Netcfg

Thought about doing that but then the rest of the family would be wondering why they can no longer connect to the wireless.

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#1 2011-12-20 09:14:43

[SOLVED] wpa_passphrase event not found

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Re: [SOLVED] wpa_passphrase event not found

#3 2011-12-20 09:30:43

Re: [SOLVED] wpa_passphrase event not found

#4 2011-12-20 09:31:40

Re: [SOLVED] wpa_passphrase event not found

#5 2011-12-20 09:32:44

Re: [SOLVED] wpa_passphrase event not found

#6 2011-12-20 09:33:19

Re: [SOLVED] wpa_passphrase event not found

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