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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY wpa_supplicant-download-http
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| 8 | "https://w1.fi/releases/wpa_supplicant-&wpa_supplicant-version;.tar.gz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY wpa_supplicant-download-ftp " ">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY wpa_supplicant-md5sum "72a4a00eddb7a499a58113c3361ab094">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY wpa_supplicant-size "3.7 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY wpa_supplicant-buildsize "35 MB">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY wpa_supplicant-time "0.3 SBU (without optional gui)">
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| 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <sect1 id="wpa_supplicant" xreflabel="wpa_supplicant-&wpa_supplicant-version;">
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| 17 | <?dbhtml filename="wpa_supplicant.html"?>
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| 18 |
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <title>wpa_supplicant-&wpa_supplicant-version;</title>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <indexterm zone="wpa_supplicant">
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| 23 | <primary sortas="a-wpa_supplicant">wpa_supplicant</primary>
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| 24 | </indexterm>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 27 | <title>Introduction to WPA Supplicant</title>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <para>
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| 30 | <application>WPA Supplicant</application> is a Wi-Fi Protected Access
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| 31 | (WPA) client and IEEE 802.1X supplicant. It implements WPA key negotiation
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| 32 | with a WPA Authenticator and Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
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| 33 | authentication with an Authentication Server. In addition, it controls the
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| 34 | roaming and IEEE 802.11 authentication/association of the wireless LAN
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| 35 | driver. This is useful for connecting to a password protected wireless
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| 36 | access point.
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| 37 | </para>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | &lfs122_checked;
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 42 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 43 | <listitem>
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| 44 | <para>
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| 45 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&wpa_supplicant-download-http;"/>
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| 46 | </para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>
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| 50 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&wpa_supplicant-download-ftp;"/>
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| 51 | </para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>
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| 55 | Download MD5 sum: &wpa_supplicant-md5sum;
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| 56 | </para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>
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| 60 | Download size: &wpa_supplicant-size;
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| 61 | </para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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| 64 | <para>
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| 65 | Estimated disk space required: &wpa_supplicant-buildsize;
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| 66 | </para>
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| 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | <listitem>
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| 69 | <para>
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| 70 | Estimated build time: &wpa_supplicant-time;
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| 71 | </para>
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| 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | </itemizedlist>
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| 74 | <!--
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| 75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 76 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 77 | <listitem>
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| 78 | <para>
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| 79 | Required patch:
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| 80 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/wpa_supplicant-&wpa_supplicant-version;-security_fix-1.patch"/>
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| 81 | </para>
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| 82 | </listitem>
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| 83 | </itemizedlist>
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| 84 | -->
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| 85 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">WPA Supplicant Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required (Runtime)</bridgehead>
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| 88 | <para role="nodump">
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| 89 | <xref linkend="wireless-kernel"/>
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| 90 | </para>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 93 | <para role="recommended">
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| 94 | <xref linkend="desktop-file-utils"/> (for running
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| 95 | <command>update-desktop-database</command>) and
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| 96 | <xref linkend="libnl"/>
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| 97 | </para>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 100 | <para role="optional">
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| 101 | <phrase revision="sysv"><xref linkend="dbus"/>,</phrase>
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| 102 | <xref linkend="libxml2"/>, and
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| 103 | &qt5-deps;
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| 104 | </para>
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| 105 |
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| 106 |
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| 107 | </sect2>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <sect2 role="kernel" id="wpa_supplicant-kernel">
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| 110 | <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <para>
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| 113 | To use <application>wpa_supplicant</application>, the kernel must have
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| 114 | the appropriate drivers and other support available. Read
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| 115 | <xref linkend='wireless-kernel'/> for details.
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| 116 | </para>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <indexterm zone="wpa_supplicant wpa_supplicant-kernel">
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| 119 | <primary sortas="d-wpa_supplicant">wpa_supplicant</primary>
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| 120 | </indexterm>
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| 121 | </sect2>
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| 122 |
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| 123 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 124 | <title>Installation of WPA Supplicant</title>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <para>
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| 127 | First you will need to create an initial configuration file for the
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| 128 | build process. You can read <filename>wpa_supplicant/README</filename>
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| 129 | and <filename>wpa_supplicant/defconfig</filename> for the explanation
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| 130 | of the following options as well as other options that can be used.
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| 131 | Create a build configuration file that should work for standard WiFi
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| 132 | setups by running the following command:
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| 133 | </para>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <screen><userinput>cat > wpa_supplicant/.config << "EOF"
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| 136 | <literal>CONFIG_BACKEND=file
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| 137 | CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE=y
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| 138 | CONFIG_DEBUG_FILE=y
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| 139 | CONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG=y
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| 140 | CONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG_FACILITY=LOG_DAEMON
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| 141 | CONFIG_DRIVER_NL80211=y
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| 142 | CONFIG_DRIVER_WEXT=y
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| 143 | CONFIG_DRIVER_WIRED=y
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| 144 | CONFIG_EAP_GTC=y
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| 145 | CONFIG_EAP_LEAP=y
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| 146 | CONFIG_EAP_MD5=y
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| 147 | CONFIG_EAP_MSCHAPV2=y
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| 148 | CONFIG_EAP_OTP=y
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| 149 | CONFIG_EAP_PEAP=y
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| 150 | CONFIG_EAP_TLS=y
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| 151 | CONFIG_EAP_TTLS=y
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| 152 | CONFIG_IEEE8021X_EAPOL=y
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| 153 | CONFIG_IPV6=y
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| 154 | CONFIG_LIBNL32=y
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| 155 | CONFIG_PEERKEY=y
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| 156 | CONFIG_PKCS12=y
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| 157 | CONFIG_READLINE=y
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| 158 | CONFIG_SMARTCARD=y
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| 159 | CONFIG_WPS=y
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| 160 | CFLAGS += -I/usr/include/libnl3</literal>
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| 161 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 162 |
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| 163 | <para>
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| 164 | If you wish to use <application>WPA Supplicant</application> with
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| 165 | <xref linkend="NetworkManager"/>, make sure that you have installed
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| 166 | <xref linkend="dbus"/> and <xref linkend="libxml2"/>, then add the
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| 167 | following options to the <application>WPA Supplicant</application>
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| 168 | build configuration file by running the following command:
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| 169 | </para>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <screen><userinput>cat >> wpa_supplicant/.config << "EOF"
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| 172 | <literal>CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS=y
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| 173 | CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS_NEW=y
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| 174 | CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS_INTRO=y</literal>
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| 175 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 176 |
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| 177 | <!-- Fixed in version 2.11
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| 178 | <para>
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| 179 | Next, patch a security vulnerability that occurs when connecting to some
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| 180 | networks:
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| 181 | <!- - CVE-2023-52160, see Ticket #19304. - ->
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| 182 | </para>
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| 183 |
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| 184 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../wpa_supplicant-&wpa_supplicant-version;-security_fix-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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| 185 | -->
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| 186 | <para>
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| 187 | Install <application>WPA Supplicant</application> by running the
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| 188 | following commands:
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| 189 | </para>
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| 190 |
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| 191 | <screen><userinput>cd wpa_supplicant &&
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| 192 | make BINDIR=/usr/sbin LIBDIR=/usr/lib</userinput></screen>
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| 193 |
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| 194 | <para>
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| 195 | If you have installed &qt5-deps; and wish to build
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| 196 | the <application>WPA Supplicant</application> GUI program, run
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| 197 | the following commands:
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| 198 | </para>
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| 199 |
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| 200 | <note>
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| 201 | <para>
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| 202 | The following directory name is labelled qt4, but
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| 203 | is compatible with &qt5-deps;.
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| 204 | </para>
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| 205 | </note>
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| 206 |
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| 207 | <screen><userinput>pushd wpa_gui-qt4 &&
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| 208 | qmake wpa_gui.pro &&
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| 209 | make &&
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| 210 | popd</userinput></screen>
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| 211 |
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| 212 | <para>
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| 213 | This package does not come with a test suite.
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| 214 | </para>
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| 215 |
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| 216 | <para>
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| 217 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 218 | </para>
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| 219 |
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| 220 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m755 wpa_{cli,passphrase,supplicant} /usr/sbin/ &&
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| 221 | install -v -m644 doc/docbook/wpa_supplicant.conf.5 /usr/share/man/man5/ &&
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| 222 | install -v -m644 doc/docbook/wpa_{cli,passphrase,supplicant}.8 /usr/share/man/man8/</userinput></screen>
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| 223 |
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| 224 | <para revision="systemd">
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| 225 | Install the <application>systemd</application> support files by
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| 226 | running the following command as the <systemitem
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| 227 | class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 228 | </para>
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| 229 |
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| 230 | <screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>install -v -m644 systemd/*.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/</userinput></screen>
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| 231 |
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| 232 | <para>
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| 233 | If you have built <application>WPA Supplicant</application> with
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| 234 | <application>D-Bus</application> support, you will need to install
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| 235 | <application>D-Bus</application> configuration files. Install them
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| 236 | by running the following commands as the
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| 237 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 238 | </para>
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| 239 |
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| 240 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m644 dbus/fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.service \
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| 241 | /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/ &&
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| 242 | install -v -d -m755 /etc/dbus-1/system.d &&
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| 243 | install -v -m644 dbus/dbus-wpa_supplicant.conf \
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| 244 | /etc/dbus-1/system.d/wpa_supplicant.conf</userinput></screen>
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| 245 |
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| 246 | <para>
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| 247 | If you have built the <application>WPA Supplicant</application> GUI
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| 248 | program, install it by running the following commands as the
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| 249 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 250 | </para>
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| 251 |
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| 252 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m755 wpa_gui-qt4/wpa_gui /usr/bin/ &&
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| 253 | install -v -m644 doc/docbook/wpa_gui.8 /usr/share/man/man8/ &&
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| 254 | install -v -m644 wpa_gui-qt4/wpa_gui.desktop /usr/share/applications/ &&
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| 255 | install -v -m644 wpa_gui-qt4/icons/wpa_gui.svg /usr/share/pixmaps/</userinput></screen>
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| 256 |
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| 257 | <note>
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| 258 | <para>
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| 259 | You will need to restart the system <application>D-Bus</application> daemon
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| 260 | before you can use the <application>WPA Supplicant</application>
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| 261 | <application>D-Bus</application> interface.
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| 262 | </para>
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| 263 | </note>
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| 264 |
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| 265 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 266 | href="../../xincludes/update-desktop-database.xml"/>
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| 267 |
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| 268 | </sect2>
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| 269 |
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| 270 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 271 | <title>Configuring wpa_supplicant</title>
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| 272 |
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| 273 | <important>
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| 274 | <para>
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| 275 | If you are using WPA Supplicant with
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| 276 | <xref linkend='NetworkManager'/> (or anything communicating with
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| 277 | WPA Supplicant via D-Bus), this section should be skipped. Running
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| 278 | a D-Bus connected WPA Supplicant instance and another WPA supplicant
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| 279 | instance configured following this section simultaneously can cause
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| 280 | subtle issues.
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| 281 | </para>
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| 282 | </important>
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| 283 |
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| 284 | <sect3 id="wpa_supplicant-config">
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| 285 | <title>Config File</title>
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| 286 |
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| 287 | <para revision="sysv">
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| 288 | <filename>/etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant-*.conf</filename>
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| 289 | </para>
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| 290 |
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| 291 | <para revision="systemd">
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| 292 | <filename>/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-*.conf</filename>
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| 293 | </para>
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| 294 |
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| 295 | <indexterm zone="wpa_supplicant wpa_supplicant-config" revision="sysv">
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| 296 | <primary
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| 297 | sortas="e-etc-sysconfig-wpa_supplicant-star.conf">/etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant-*.conf</primary>
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| 298 | </indexterm>
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| 299 |
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| 300 | <indexterm zone="wpa_supplicant wpa_supplicant-config" revision="systemd">
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| 301 | <primary
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| 302 | sortas="e-etc-wpa_supplicant-wpa_supplicant-star.conf">/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-*.conf</primary>
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| 303 | </indexterm>
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| 304 |
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| 305 | </sect3>
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| 306 |
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| 307 | <sect3>
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| 308 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 309 |
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| 310 | <para>
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| 311 | To connect to an access point that uses a password, you need to put
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| 312 | the pre-shared key in
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| 313 | <phrase revision="sysv">
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| 314 | <filename>
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| 315 | /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant-<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable>.conf</filename>.
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| 316 | </phrase>
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| 317 | <phrase revision="systemd">
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| 318 | <filename>
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| 319 | /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable>.conf</filename>.
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| 320 | </phrase>
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| 321 | SSID is the string that the access point/router transmits to
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| 322 | identify itself. Run the following command as the
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| 323 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 324 | </para>
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| 325 |
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| 326 | <screen role="nodump" revision="sysv"><userinput>wpa_passphrase <replaceable>SSID</replaceable> <replaceable>SECRET_PASSWORD</replaceable> > /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant-<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable>.conf</userinput></screen>
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| 327 |
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| 328 | <screen role="nodump" revision="systemd"><userinput>install -v -dm755 /etc/wpa_supplicant &&
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| 329 | wpa_passphrase <replaceable>SSID</replaceable> <replaceable>SECRET_PASSWORD</replaceable> > /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable>.conf</userinput></screen>
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| 330 |
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| 331 | <para>
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| 332 | <phrase revision="sysv">
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| 333 | <filename>
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| 334 | /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant-<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable>.conf
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| 335 | </filename>
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| 336 | </phrase>
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| 337 | <phrase revision="systemd">
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| 338 | <filename>
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| 339 | /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable>.conf
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| 340 | </filename>
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| 341 | </phrase>
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| 342 | can hold the details of several access points. When
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| 343 | <command>wpa_supplicant</command> is started, it will scan for the
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| 344 | SSIDs it can see and choose the appropriate password to connect.
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| 345 | </para>
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| 346 |
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| 347 | <para>
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| 348 | If you want to connect to an access point that isn't password
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| 349 | protected, put an entry like this in
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| 350 | <phrase revision="sysv">
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| 351 | <filename>
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| 352 | /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant-<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable>.conf</filename>.
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| 353 | </phrase>
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| 354 | <phrase revision="systemd">
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| 355 | <filename>
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| 356 | /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable>.conf</filename>.
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| 357 | </phrase>
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| 358 | Replace "Some-SSID" with the SSID of the access point/router.
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| 359 | </para>
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| 360 |
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| 361 | <screen>network={
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| 362 | ssid="<replaceable>Some-SSID</replaceable>"
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| 363 | key_mgmt=NONE
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| 364 | }</screen>
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| 365 |
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| 366 | <para>
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| 367 | Connecting to a new access point that is not in the configuration
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| 368 | file can be accomplished manually via the command line or GUI, but it
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| 369 | must be done via a privileged user. To do that, add the following to
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| 370 | the configuration file:
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| 371 | </para>
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| 372 |
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| 373 | <screen>ctrl_interface=DIR=/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=<privileged group>
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| 374 | update_config=1</screen>
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| 375 |
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| 376 | <para>
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| 377 | Replace the <privileged group> above with a system group where
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| 378 | members have the ability to connect to a wireless access point.
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| 379 | </para>
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| 380 |
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| 381 | <para>
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| 382 | There are many options that you could use to tweak how you connect
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| 383 | to each access point. They are described in some detail in the
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| 384 | <filename>wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf</filename> file in the
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| 385 | source tree.
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| 386 | </para>
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| 387 |
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| 388 | </sect3>
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| 389 |
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| 390 | <sect3>
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| 391 | <title>Connecting to an Access Point</title>
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| 392 |
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| 393 | <para id="wpa-service" revision="sysv">
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| 394 | If you want to configure network interfaces at boot using
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| 395 | <command>wpa_supplicant</command>, you need to install the
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| 396 | <filename>/lib/services/wpa</filename> script
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| 397 | included in <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package:
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| 398 | </para>
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| 399 |
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| 400 | <screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>make install-service-wpa</userinput></screen>
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| 401 |
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| 402 | <indexterm zone="wpa_supplicant wpa-service" revision="sysv">
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| 403 | <primary sortas="f-wpa">wpa</primary>
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| 404 | </indexterm>
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| 405 |
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| 406 | <para revision="sysv">
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| 407 | If your router/access point uses DHCP to allocate IP addresses, you
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| 408 | can install <xref linkend="dhcpcd" role="nodep"/> and use it to
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| 409 | automatically obtain network addresses. Create the
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| 410 | <filename>/etc/sysconfig/ifconfig-<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable>
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| 411 | </filename> by running the following command as the
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| 412 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 413 | </para>
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| 414 |
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| 415 | <screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>cat > /etc/sysconfig/ifconfig.<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable> << "EOF"
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| 416 | <literal>ONBOOT="yes"
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| 417 | IFACE="<replaceable>wlan0</replaceable>"
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| 418 | SERVICE="wpa"
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| 419 |
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| 420 | # Additional arguments to wpa_supplicant
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| 421 | WPA_ARGS=""
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| 422 |
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| 423 | WPA_SERVICE="dhcpcd"
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| 424 | DHCP_START="-b -q <replaceable><insert appropriate start options here></replaceable>"
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| 425 | DHCP_STOP="-k <replaceable><insert additional stop options here></replaceable>"</literal>
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| 426 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 427 |
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| 428 | <para revision="sysv">
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| 429 | Alternatively, if you use static addresses on your local network,
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| 430 | then create the
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| 431 | <filename>/etc/sysconfig/ifconfig-<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable>
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| 432 | </filename> by running the following command as the
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| 433 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 434 | </para>
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| 435 |
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| 436 | <screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>cat > /etc/sysconfig/ifconfig.<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable> << "EOF"
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| 437 | <literal>ONBOOT="yes"
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| 438 | IFACE="<replaceable>wlan0</replaceable>"
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| 439 | SERVICE="wpa"
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| 440 |
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| 441 | # Additional arguments to wpa_supplicant
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| 442 | WPA_ARGS=""
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| 443 |
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| 444 | WPA_SERVICE="ipv4-static"
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| 445 | IP="192.168.1.1"
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| 446 | GATEWAY="192.168.1.2"
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| 447 | PREFIX="24"
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| 448 | BROADCAST="192.168.1.255"</literal>
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| 449 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 450 |
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| 451 | <para revision="systemd">
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| 452 | There are 3 types of <application>systemd</application> units
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| 453 | that were installed:
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| 454 | </para>
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| 455 |
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| 456 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact" revision="systemd">
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| 457 | <listitem>
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| 458 | <para>
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| 459 | wpa_supplicant@.service
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| 460 | </para>
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| 461 | </listitem>
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| 462 | <listitem>
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| 463 | <para>
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| 464 | wpa_supplicant-nl80211@.service
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| 465 | </para>
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| 466 | </listitem>
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| 467 | <listitem>
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| 468 | <para>
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| 469 | wpa_supplicant-wired@.service
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| 470 | </para>
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| 471 | </listitem>
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| 472 | </itemizedlist>
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| 473 |
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| 474 | <para revision="systemd">
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| 475 | The only difference between 3 of them is what driver
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| 476 | is used for connecting (-D option). The first one uses
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| 477 | the default driver, the second one uses the nl80211
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| 478 | driver and the third one uses the wired driver.
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| 479 | </para>
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| 480 |
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| 481 | <para>
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| 482 | You can connect to the wireless access point by
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| 483 | running the following command as the
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| 484 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 485 | </para>
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| 486 |
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| 487 | <screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>ifup <replaceable>wifi0</replaceable></userinput></screen>
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| 488 |
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| 489 | <para revision="sysv">
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| 490 | Replace <replaceable>wlan0</replaceable> with the correct
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| 491 | wireless interface and <replaceable>wifi0</replaceable>
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| 492 | with desired name for the configuration file. Please note
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| 493 | that <filename>wpa_supplicant-*.conf</filename> and
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| 494 | <filename>ifconfig.*</filename> configuration files need
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| 495 | to have identical names, ie both contain
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| 496 | <replaceable>wifi0</replaceable> in their name.
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| 497 | </para>
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| 498 |
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| 499 | <screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl start wpa_supplicant@<replaceable>wlan0</replaceable></userinput></screen>
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| 500 |
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| 501 | <para revision="systemd">
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| 502 | To connect to the wireless access point at
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| 503 | boot, simply enable the appropriate
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| 504 | <command>wpa_supplicant</command> service
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| 505 | by running the following command as the
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| 506 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 507 | </para>
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| 508 |
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| 509 | <screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl enable wpa_supplicant@<replaceable>wlan0</replaceable></userinput></screen>
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| 510 |
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| 511 | <para revision="systemd">
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| 512 | Depending on your setup, you can replace the
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| 513 | <filename>wpa_supplicant@.service</filename>
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| 514 | with any other listed above.
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| 515 | </para>
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| 516 |
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| 517 | <para revision="systemd">
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| 518 | To assign a network address to your wireless interface, consult the
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| 519 | <ulink url="&lfs-root;/chapter09/network.html">General Network Configuration</ulink>
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| 520 | page in LFS.
|
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| 521 | </para>
|
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| 522 |
|
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| 523 | </sect3>
|
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| 524 |
|
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| 525 | </sect2>
|
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| 526 |
|
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| 527 | <sect2 role="content">
|
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| 528 | <title>Contents</title>
|
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| 529 |
|
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| 530 | <segmentedlist>
|
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| 531 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
|
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| 532 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
|
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| 533 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
|
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| 534 |
|
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| 535 | <seglistitem>
|
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| 536 | <seg>
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| 537 | wpa_gui, wpa_supplicant, wpa_passphrase and wpa_cli
|
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| 538 | </seg>
|
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| 539 | <seg>
|
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| 540 | None
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| 541 | </seg>
|
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| 542 | <seg>
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| 543 | None
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| 544 | </seg>
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| 545 | </seglistitem>
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| 546 | </segmentedlist>
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| 547 |
|
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| 548 | <variablelist>
|
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| 549 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 550 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 551 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
|
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| 552 |
|
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| 553 | <varlistentry id="wpa_gui">
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| 554 | <term><command>wpa_gui</command></term>
|
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| 555 | <listitem>
|
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| 556 | <para>
|
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| 557 | is a graphical frontend program for interacting with
|
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| 558 | <application>wpa_supplicant</application>
|
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| 559 | </para>
|
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| 560 | <indexterm zone="wpa_supplicant wpa_gui">
|
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| 561 | <primary sortas="b-wpa_gui">wpa_gui</primary>
|
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| 562 | </indexterm>
|
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| 563 | </listitem>
|
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| 564 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 565 |
|
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| 566 | <varlistentry id="wpa_supplicant-prog">
|
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| 567 | <term><command>wpa_supplicant</command></term>
|
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| 568 | <listitem>
|
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| 569 | <para>
|
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| 570 | is a daemon that can connect to a password protected wireless
|
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| 571 | access point
|
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| 572 | </para>
|
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| 573 | <indexterm zone="wpa_supplicant wpa_supplicant-prog">
|
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| 574 | <primary sortas="b-wpa_supplicant">wpa_supplicant</primary>
|
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| 575 | </indexterm>
|
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| 576 | </listitem>
|
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| 577 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 578 |
|
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| 579 | <varlistentry id="wpa_passphrase">
|
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| 580 | <term><command>wpa_passphrase</command></term>
|
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| 581 | <listitem>
|
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| 582 | <para>
|
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| 583 | takes an SSID and a password and generates a simple
|
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| 584 | configuration that <command>wpa_supplicant</command> can
|
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| 585 | understand
|
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| 586 | </para>
|
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| 587 | <indexterm zone="wpa_supplicant wpa_passphrase">
|
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| 588 | <primary sortas="b-wpa_passphrase">wpa_passphrase</primary>
|
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| 589 | </indexterm>
|
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| 590 | </listitem>
|
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| 591 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 592 |
|
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| 593 | <varlistentry id="wpa_cli">
|
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| 594 | <term><command>wpa_cli</command></term>
|
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| 595 | <listitem>
|
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| 596 | <para>
|
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| 597 | is a command line interface used to control a running
|
|---|
| 598 | <command>wpa_supplicant</command> daemon
|
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| 599 | </para>
|
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| 600 | <indexterm zone="wpa_supplicant wpa_cli">
|
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| 601 | <primary sortas="b-wpa_cli">wpa_cli</primary>
|
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| 602 | </indexterm>
|
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| 603 | </listitem>
|
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| 604 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 605 |
|
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| 606 | </variablelist>
|
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| 607 |
|
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| 608 | </sect2>
|
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| 609 |
|
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| 610 | </sect1>
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