When using DOUBLE_QUOTED_STRING, passwords with '\"' may not work

[g4-lisz at tonarchiv.ch]

P.S. IMHO this behavior comes from getthing() in src/lib/token.c

September 13, 2023 2:00 PM, g4-lisz at tonarchiv.ch wrote:

> Alan,
> 
> but he's right! The behavior is really not as one would expect. At least different from a shell and
> C: 
> 
> "some\word" in config => some\word
> "some\\word" in config => some\\word
> 
> "some\\\"word" in config => some\\"word (in a shell or C this would be the one)
> 
> So how to escape some\"word? 
> "some\\"word" in config => syntax error
> 
> It only works with single quotes...
> 
> Cheers
> 
> September 13, 2023 1:35 PM, "Alan DeKok" <aland at deployingradius.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Sep 12, 2023, at 11:31 PM, 平林 哲 <Satoshi.Hirabayashi at soliton.co.jp> wrote:
>> 
>>> Summary of results.
>> 
>> You keep posting this. Why?
>> 
>> Doing that means you're stuck on one part of the problem. You should instead work towards
>> understanding the problem, which is more likely to lead you to a solution.
>> 
>>> I feel that this behaviour is not correct.
>> 
>> You're wrong. I explained why. Go back and read the messages.
>> 
>>> Is there any way to correct this behaviour?
>> 
>> You have source code. You can fix it if you don't like the behavior.
>> 
>> We are not going to change the behavior of FreeRADIUS for everyone on the planet because you don't
>> agree with 30+ year-old rules on string quoting and escaping.
>> 
>> Alan DeKok.
> 
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