2.4.21: pain with "iwconfig wlan0 key..."

Denis Vlasenko vda
Mon Jun 16 22:58:07 PDT 2003


On 16 June 2003 21:41, Jean Tourrilhes wrote:
> insecure wrote :
> > 
> > ioctl(6, 0x8b2a, 0xbffff9c0)            = 0
> > ioctl(6, 0x8b2a, 0xbffff9c0)            = 0
> > ioctl(6, 0x8b2b, 0xbffff9c0)            = -1 E2BIG (Argument list too long)
> > write(2, "Error for wireless request \"Set "..., 49) = 49
> > write(2, "    GET failed on device wlan0 ;"..., 57) = 57
> 
> 	Hum... Would you mind trying Wireless Tools version 26-preX
> (you can find that hidden on my web page), this looks like something I
> fixed recently.

http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/iw241_we16-6.diff ?

> 	By the way, the "key on" which give us the problem above is
> superfluous, and you should be able to shrink the command to :
> 	iwconfig wlan0 key [1] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx restricted key [1]

Aha! ;)
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vda




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