backslash and expansion variable quirk in line log format string

[Stefan Paetow]

>ie
>%{User-Name} is "fred"
>"foo\\%{User-Name}",  logs "foo\%{User-Name}" to syslog
>"foo\\ %{User-Name}"  - space between '\' and '%' - logs "foo\ fred" to
>syslog, with a space in the string

Jason, you don't mention which version of FreeRADIUS you are using?

With v3.0.7 and later, Alan B's suggestion to just use a \ should be ok.

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