Bug 211213

Summary:

Add an option for wpa_supplicant to create the control interface socket

Product:

Base System

Reporter:

Yuri Victorovich <yuri>

Component:

conf

Assignee:

freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>

Status:

New ---

Severity:

Affects Only Me

CC:

Alexander88207, adrian, pi

Priority:

---

Version:

CURRENT

Hardware:

Any

OS:

Any

See Also:

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=211214

Attachments:

Description	Flags
patch	none

Description Yuri Victorovich freebsd_committer

2016-07-19 05:39:31 UTC

Created attachment 172695 [details]
patch

This patch added the option -C <ctrl> for wpa_supplicant to always create the control interface.

Users on the mobile devices often need to connect to various WiFi networks. This usually requires the access to wpa_supplicant control interface.

The control interface socket is only readable by root and wheel:
> # ls -l /var/run/wpa_supplicant/wlan0
> srwxrwx---  1 root  wheel  0 Jul 18 22:19 /var/run/wpa_supplicant/wlan0

One example of the program using the control interface is wpa_supplicant's own UI: net/wpa_gui port.

Comment 1 Adrian Chadd freebsd_committer

2016-08-12 20:23:12 UTC

hi,

this is something that can be put in wpa_supplicant.conf . Although, I don't knwo if you can say "this current interface" in that file..

I'll go look at the patch. :) Thanks!

Comment 2 Yuri Victorovich freebsd_committer

2016-08-12 20:52:00 UTC

I think /var/run/wpa_supplicant socket path should be pre-set in rc scripts because this path is already pre-set in wpa_gui, and it won't make sense to have user remember this bit of information and do this manually every time. Also most rc scripts set socket locations for various other ports that use UNIX sockets.