Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 17:18:49 +0000 From: "Teske, Devin" <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com> To: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Cc: Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org>, "Teske, Devin" <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Starting the wpa_supplicant Daemon from rc.conf Message-ID: <C4EAEE6A-4B53-4C47-8A55-B78D5A3BBE02@fisglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <201312102156.rBALuZ6a000955@x.it.okstate.edu> References: <201312102156.rBALuZ6a000955@x.it.okstate.edu>
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On Dec 10, 2013, at 1:56 PM, Martin McCormick wrote: > We are using 802.1x on our wired network and the wpa_supplicant > on this system works like it should to authenticate with the > network if manually called as in=20 >=20 > sudo ./etc/testwpa which is the name I gave the script that > calls wpa_supplicant and gives it the configuration file and > interface information to authenticate. >=20 > The only thing that is not yet working is getting > wpa_supplicant to authenticate automatically upon reboot or > startup. I presently have the following in /etc/rc.conf: >=20 > #wpa_supplicant > wpa_supplicant_enable=3D"YES" > wpa_supplicant_program=3D"/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant"=09 > #executable > wpa_supplicant_flags=3D"-B -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -D wired -i le0" >=20 What you actually want is: ifconfig_le0=3D"<normal stuff> WPA" # Don't worry, the WPA will be stripped out when talking to ifconfig(8) # NB: WPA can appear anywhere in the ifconfig_* value --=20 Devin _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware= that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and revie= w by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.
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