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FS#20150 - [netcfg] ethernet with AUTH8021X fails connection and does not terminate wpa_supplicant

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Tai Chi Minh Ralph Eastwood (Raedwulf) - Monday, 12 July 2010, 14:17 GMT
Last edited by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh) - Saturday, 22 January 2011, 09:58 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To James Rayner (iphitus)
Thomas Bächler (brain0)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:
When using netcfg to connect to an ethernet connection using AUTH8021X and a WPA_CONF, it fails to connect due to wpa_check looking for a state "COMPLETED" instead of "ASSOCIATED" (for eth devices). This causes a fail.
If the initial problem is bypassed, when it comes to closing the ethernet connection, ethernet_down does not run stop_wpa and close wpa_supplicant, causing wpa_supplicant to remain and any new profiles to fail on that eth interface.

Configuration files attached: cs-york-wired, cs-york-wired.conf
Patch for fixes (against git): ethernet-wpa.patch

Additional info:
* netcfg 2.5.4

Steps to reproduce:
netcfg cs-york-wired
netcfg -r cs-york-wired
   cs-york-wired (0.2 KiB)
   cs-york-wired.conf (0.4 KiB)
   ethernet-wpa.patch (0.9 KiB)
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Closed by  Andrea Scarpino (BaSh)
Saturday, 22 January 2011, 09:58 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  http://projects.archlinux.org/netcfg.git /commit/?id=b96b428d9ff44d3e007a2b811133 90c734f2323d
Comment by Tai Chi Minh Ralph Eastwood (Raedwulf) - Tuesday, 13 July 2010, 07:09 GMT
I noticed this morning if dhcp fails, it will still start a wpa_supplicant that doesn't get terminated on failure.
I suggest that although my patch appears to work, create a new connections script like wireless, but solely for the purpose of 8021x wpa connections so that these problems are handled gracefully.

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