Changeset 822cc4a6 for networking/netprogs/wpa_supplicant.xml

Timestamp:

08/08/2016 07:37:17 PM (8 years ago)

Author:

Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 7.10, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

5ffb9f5

Parents:

fca0f4cc

Message:

Update to nfs-utils-1.3.4.
Update wpa service script.
Update wpa_supplicant configuration intormation.
Fix some md5sums and a url.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@17630 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• networking/netprogs/wpa_supplicant.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

networking/netprogs/wpa_supplicant.xml

@@ -323 +323 @@
         <command>wpa_supplicant</command> is started, it will scan for the
         SSIDs it can see and choose the appropriate password to connect.
-        </para>
+      </para>
 
       <para>
         If you want to connect to an access point that isn't password
         protected, put an entry like this in
-        <phrase revision="sysv"><filename>/etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant-<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable>.conf</filename></phrase>
+        <phrase revision="sysv"   ><filename>/etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant-<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable>.conf</filename></phrase>
         <phrase revision="systemd"><filename>/etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant-<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable>.conf</filename></phrase>.
         Replace "Some-SSID" with the SSID of the access point/router.
@@ -337 +337 @@
   key_mgmt=NONE
 }</screen>
+
+      <para>Connecting to a new access point that is not in the configuration
+      file can be accomplished manually via the command line or GUI, but it
+      must be done via a privileged user. To do that, add the following to the
+      configuration file:</para>
+
+<screen>ctrl_interface=DIR=/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=&lt;priviledged group&gt;
+update_config=1</screen>
+
+      <para>
+        Replace the &lt;priviledged group&gt; above with a system group where
+        members have the ability to connect to a wireless access point.
+      </para>
 
       <para>