Public bug reported: I have tried to set vpn.secrets password using:
nmcli connection modify 'ACONNECTION' vpn.secrets 'password=abc,xyz' but it breaks because of the comma in the password. The error is: Error: failed to modify vpn.secrets: 'xyz' is not valid; use <option>=<value>. (my password was a different one but it had the pattern abc,xyz Note the error only contained xyz) UPDATE: also see this: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/554298 /nmcli-how-to-escape-comma-and-other-characters-for-shell-script ) ** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: I have tried to set vpn.secrets password using: nmcli connection modify 'ACONNECTION' vpn.secrets 'password=abc,xyz' but it breaks because of the comma in the password. The error is: Error: failed to modify vpn.secrets: 'xyz' is not valid; use <option>=<value>. + (my password was a different one but it had the pattern abc,xyz Note + the error only contained xyz) - (my password was a different one but it had the pattern abc,xyz Note the error only contained xyz) + UPDATE: also see this: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/554298 + /nmcli-how-to-escape-comma-and-other-characters-for-shell-script ) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1855307 Title: nmcli connection modify CONN vpn.secrets "password='xyz,abc'" breaks if password contains comma To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1855307/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
