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FS#35056 - [netctl] wpa-config does not use correct wpa_supplicant.conf

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by doak (doak) - Wednesday, 01 May 2013, 21:03 GMT
Last edited by Jouke Witteveen (jouke) - Thursday, 02 May 2013, 08:31 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Jouke Witteveen (jouke)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:
Option 'Security=wpa-config' does not work as configured wpa_supplicant configuration file (option 'WPAConfigFile') seems to be ignored. Both can be configured in netctl profile.
As a result the process 'wpa_supplicant' is started by 'netctl-auto@.service' using a some generated configuration missing every part of 'WPAConfigFile'. Therefore wifi can not associate to any (configured) access point.

I attached a patch which works for me, but I am not sure if I did it right/as supposed.


Additional info:
* package version(s): v0.8-1 (semms not addressed in current version v1.0 as well)
* config and/or log files etc:
** attached 'wireless-wpa-config
* attached patch for '/usr/bin/netctl-auto'


Steps to reproduce (as far as I know):
1) Packages 'netctl', 'wpa_supplicant' and 'wpa_actiond' has to be installed.
2) Create '/etc/netctl/wireless-wpa-config' (see attached file). 'wpa_supplicant.conf' should already be configured.
3) Stop any conflicting service.
4) 'sysctl start netctl-auto@<wifi-interface>.service'
   wireless-wpa-config (0.2 KiB)
   netctl-auto.diff (0.7 KiB)
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Closed by  Jouke Witteveen (jouke)
Thursday, 02 May 2013, 08:31 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Comment by Jouke Witteveen (jouke) - Thursday, 02 May 2013, 08:30 GMT
You need to extract the network block from the file if you want to use it in netctl-auto correctly. If the configuration file allows this, you could as well write the network block directly into the netctl profile. In netctl.profile(5), it is stated that profiles with Security=wpa-config are excluded from automatic profile selection.

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