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  • From: Juuso Alasuutari <iuso AT sourcemage.org>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [SM-Discuss] wpa_supplicant init script
  • Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 12:59:12 +0300

e-type asked about this on #sourcemage, so I thought it would be good to post
my wpa_supplicant init script here for others to see aswell.

It launches a wpa_supplicant daemon that opens a global control interface
(default is /var/run/wpa_supplicant-global). wpa_supplicant can then be
controlled via wpa_cli. Users that belong to the group defined
in /etc/wpa_ctrl.conf have wpa_cli access. Network interface, device driver,
control interface and config file are defined
in /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant.

After launching the init script, you can start adding networks via wpa_cli
like so:
wpa_cli <interface> add_network
wpa_cli <interface> set_network 0 ssid '"<ssid_name>"'
wpa_cli <interface> set_network 0 ...blabla...
wpa_cli <interface> enable_network 0

You'll find more info in /usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/README at the bottom
of
the file. Notice that when using this init script, you don't need to start
wpa_supplicant in the background or add a new interface as that readme
suggests, you can start configuring networks right away.

In the attached tarball you'll find:
etc/init.d/runlevels/%3/wpa_supplicant
etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant
etc/wpa_ctrl.conf
...watch out where you unpack!

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Juuso Alasuutari
[[ Source Mage GNU/Linux ]]

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