UCI Parse Problem

[Crashburn]

Linksys WRT3200ACM

OpenWrt 22.03.2

uci: parse error (invalid character in name field) at line 1, byte 37 /etc/config/clamav-milter is broken

i cant find there any error.

[psherman]

maybe post /etc/config/clamav-milter here?? Nobody can help you unless we can review the file itself.

[lleachii]

@Crashburn

at line 1

@Crashburn

i cant find there any error.

@psherman

Nobody can help you unless we can review the file itself.

Also, this can't be too hard for the OP to find, as the issue seems to exist on Line 1.

[psherman]

@lleachii

as the issue seems to exist on Line 1.

If only there existed a way to identify the offending character’s position in line 1

[lleachii]

@psherman

If only there existed a way to identify the offending character’s position in line 1

There is; but we would need to see OPs file.

Place into a hex editor, browse cursor to Byte 37 (most editors show Hex and Bytes like a office productivity app shows lines/columns...if you don't want to count.

I've seen this before when someone uses a back quote/grave accent mark:

`

Instead of a single quote:

'

[jow]

If the line is 37 characters long and the error position corresponds to the end of line, then the issue might be windows (\r\n) vs. unix (\n) newlines

[vincejv]

@jow i'm experiencing the same problem with clamav-milter that came with clamav 0.104.2-1 on OpenWrt 22.03.5

the config file doesn't have any crlf, and this is the default config file from the package, the package might be defective, it might be with the - (dash) or the apostraphe??

[jow]

Yes, this configuration is invalid. clamav-milter is an illegal section name. Dashes are allowed for types but not for names (historical limitation due to shell variable name compatibility).