Package: hostapd
Version: 2:2.10-9+b2
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Dear maintainers,
I installed hostapd in order to set up a wireless access point. The .conf file
is never created though:
sudo apt install hostapd
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Preparing to unpack .../hostapd_2%3a2.10-9+b2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking hostapd (2:2.10-9+b2) ...
Setting up hostapd (2:2.10-9+b2) ...
hostapd config /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf not found, not starting
hostapd..
Processing triggers for man-db (2.11.1-1) ...
The /etc/hostapd directory just contains one script:
ls /etc/hostapd
ifupdown.sh
This also prevents the service from being started:
sudo rc-service hostapd start
hostapd config /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf not found, not starting
hostapd..
An example .conf file can be found in the package contents:
apt-file list hostapd | grep conf
hostapd: /usr/share/doc/hostapd/examples/hostapd.conf
Copying this file to /etc/hostapd allows starting the service. Yet starting the
service still fails:
sudo rc-service hostapd start
Starting advanced IEEE 802.11 management: hostapd failed!
I'll have to look into that. Please consider adding the missing .conf file in
the meantime.
Cheers
werdahias
-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 6.0.0-5-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: OpenRC (via /run/openrc), PID 1: init
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages hostapd depends on:
ii init-system-helpers 1.65.2
ii libc6 2.36-6
ii libnl-3-200 3.7.0-0.2+b1
ii libnl-genl-3-200 3.7.0-0.2+b1
ii libnl-route-3-200 3.7.0-0.2+b1
ii libssl3 3.0.7-1
ii lsb-base 11.5
ii sysvinit-utils [lsb-base] 3.05-7
hostapd recommends no packages.
hostapd suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
