Package: hostapd Version: 2:2.4-1+deb9u1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Dear Andrew,
Please consider replacing hostapd.service with [email protected] template - this makes it a lot easier if you have multiple WLAN cards Here's the template I use: [Unit] Description=Advanced IEEE 802.11 AP and IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticator (%I) After=network.target BindsTo=sys-subsystem-net-devices-%i.device [Service] EnvironmentFile=/etc/default/hostapd ExecStart=/usr/sbin/hostapd $DAEMON_OPTS /etc/hostapd/%i.conf Restart=on-failure RestartSec=1 [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target sys-subsystem-net-devices-%i.device it assumes one will feed it with wlan interface name, f.e. $ systemctl start [email protected] will read config data from /etc/hostapd/wlan0.conf which should contain "interface=wlan0" and will be stopped automatically if wlan0 interface is no longer available (I use it to disable hostapd if USB device is removed or start hostapd when USB device is inserted) Note that I also changed forking type & removed creating PID file since systemd can handle all this stuff DAEMON_OPTS from /etc/default/hostapd is shared in all instances (if one needs more options) It's probably also worth mentioning `systemctl enable [email protected]` commnand in a README
