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FS#15072 - [netcfg] Fails where admins group is not 'wheel'

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Matteo Drera (seven.issimo) - Friday, 12 June 2009, 11:22 GMT
Last edited by James Rayner (iphitus) - Sunday, 01 November 2009, 07:43 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To James Rayner (iphitus)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
netcfg2 fails to take profiles up where admins group (on systems using sudo) is not 'wheel'.


Output of: $ sudo netcfg <profile>
CTRL: Invalid group 'wheel'
Failed to initialize control interface '/var/run/wpa_supplicant'.
You may have another wpa_supplicant process already running or the file was
left by an unclean termination of wpa_supplicant in which case you will need
to manually remove this file before starting wpa_supplicant again.


Additional info: $ pacman -Qi netcfg
Version : 2.2.0b3-1


Steps to reproduce:
Configure sudoers to allow people in group <whatever-not-wheel> to run all commands
Try to use netcfg...


How to workaround:
Manually edit line 72 on /usr/lib/network/connections/wireless to
echo "ctrl_interface_group=<your-group-here>" >> $WPA_CONF
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Closed by  James Rayner (iphitus)
Sunday, 01 November 2009, 07:43 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  implemented in git, may also be in current release.
Comment by James Rayner (iphitus) - Saturday, 27 June 2009, 01:54 GMT
ok, next release will have a workaround, you can specify WPA_GROUP in your profile. It defaults to wheel.

This is a temporary workaround until I can investigate this a little more.
Comment by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Wednesday, 22 July 2009, 23:28 GMT
  • Field changed: Status (Assigned → Waiting on Response)
  • Field changed: Category (Packages: Testing → Packages: Core)
status with the latest 2.2.1-1 ?

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