On Wednesday, 31 August 2022 20:15:41 BST Walter Dnes wrote: > During launch, wpa_supplicant blows up on... > > DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel > DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=0
Hmm ... so the example page syntax is wrong. I wonder if I came across this too in the distant past. :-/ I have this in my config and it works: ctrl_interface_group=wheel ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Wpa_supplicant#Configuration recommends... > > ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel > > The 3 lines in my wpa_supplicant.conf that are not commented out are... > > ctrl_interface_group=0 > ap_scan=1 > ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel > > Thank you for your help. It works. Cool. :-) > I live in a condo building. As > a regular user "wpa_cli scan" followed by "wpa_cli scan_result" shows > approximately a couple of dozen machines. BTW I've disabled MVM and > wifi still works. > > One last question; I occasionally see signs in various places saying > > Our network name is "foo" and password is "bar". > > My reading of the wpa_cli man page indicates I should use... > > wpa_cli password foo bar > > ...to log on. Is that correct? The wpa_cli command syntax is: password <network id> <password> configure password for an SSID However, I'm not sure <network id> == SSID. When you add a network in interactive mode with: add_network the shell outputs a network id number; e.g. 3, which you are meant to use thereafter to set up variables for the AP; e.g.: set_network 3 ssid "starvebux" set_network 3 psk "Not Free" enable_network 3 In addition, I understand the wpa_cli command 'password', as opposed to variable 'psk' which is used in the interactive shell, to be for a EAP-PEAP authentication scheme. For a pre-shared key you'll use interactively: set_network 3 psk 0f0fbfdadff6271a5107a49cfb5db9e921138ee74a66b0..... or if it is a passphrase you'll enclose it in double quotes "Not Free" as above. This is the reason I use the wpa_supplicant GUI when not restricted to working in a console, because the qt5 wpa_supplicant GUI makes it easier to click and fill in a PSK, compared to the multiple commands required in a terminal.
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