Package: wpasupplicant
Version: 2:2.10-9+b1
Severity: wishlist
Users should not have to modify the default configuration to make
things work as expected. Currently, it is not possible to run wpa_cli
and wpa_gui as a normal user from the netdev group, contrary to other
wifi-related tools like iwconfig, nmcli, iw, and in the past, wicd.
The way suggested by the README.Debian file:
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The wpa_supplicant process can be interacted with by members of the "netdev"
group if the example roaming configuration was used as is (or by whatever
group or gid specified by the GROUP= crtl_interface parameter).
# the default ctrl_interface option used in the example file
# /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/examples/wpa-roam.conf
ctrl_interface=DIR=/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
To interact with the supplicant, the wpa_cli (command line) and wpa_gui (QT)
have been provided. With these you may connect, disconnect, add/delete new
network blocks, provide required interactive security information and so on.
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This should be configured like that by default.
(Perhaps until wpa_cli and wpa_gui are able to communicate with
wpa_supplicant via DBus? Not sure about that...)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
APT prefers unstable-debug
APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500,
'stable-security'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1,
'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 5.17.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE,
TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages wpasupplicant depends on:
ii adduser 3.121
ii libc6 2.33-7
ii libdbus-1-3 1.14.0-1
ii libnl-3-200 3.5.0-0.1
ii libnl-genl-3-200 3.5.0-0.1
ii libnl-route-3-200 3.5.0-0.1
ii libpcsclite1 1.9.8-1
ii libreadline8 8.1.2-1.2
ii libssl3 3.0.3-7
ii lsb-base 11.2
wpasupplicant recommends no packages.
Versions of packages wpasupplicant suggests:
pn libengine-pkcs11-openssl <none>
pn wpagui <none>
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