Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:21:55 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> Cc: sam@freebsd.org, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/121821: [patch] wpa_supplicant.conf.5 - provide pointer to sample configuration file Message-ID: <200803180921.55373.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20080318090329.75ED222B@k7.mavetju> References: <20080318090329.75ED222B@k7.mavetju>
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On Tuesday 18 March 2008 05:03:29 am Edwin Groothuis wrote: > >Number: 121821 > >Category: docs > >Synopsis: [patch] wpa_supplicant.conf.5 - provide pointer to sample > > configuration file Confidential: no > >Severity: non-critical > >Priority: low > >Responsible: freebsd-doc > >State: open > >Quarter: > >Keywords: > >Date-Required: > >Class: change-request > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Arrival-Date: Tue Mar 18 09:10:01 UTC 2008 > >Closed-Date: > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: Edwin Groothuis > >Release: FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE i386 > >Organization: > > - > > >Environment: > > System: FreeBSD k7.mavetju 6.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb 17 > 22:11:52 EST 2008 edwin@k7.mavetju:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/SMP i386 > > >Description: > > It took me a while to figure out how to properly use a WEP (silly > Nintendo DS doesn't know about WPA so I needed to reconfigure my > network) configuration. Once I had read through the wpa_supplicant.conf > in /usr/src/contrib/wpa_supplicant it was clear at once. > > >How-To-Repeat: > >Fix: > > Index: wpa_supplicant.conf.5 > =================================================================== > RCS file: > /home/ncvs/src/usr.sbin/wpa/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf.5,v > retrieving revision 1.9 > diff -u -r1.9 wpa_supplicant.conf.5 > --- wpa_supplicant.conf.5 11 Jul 2007 16:04:08 -0000 1.9 > +++ wpa_supplicant.conf.5 18 Mar 2008 08:59:02 -0000 > @@ -518,6 +518,11 @@ > wep_key0=42FEEDDEAFBABEDEAFBEEFAA55 > } > .Ed > +.Pp > +More examples can be found in the supplied > +.Pa wpa_supplicant.conf > +in > +.Pa /usr/src/contrib/wpa_supplicant/ . > .Sh SEE ALSO > .Xr wpa_cli 8 , > .Xr wpa_passphrase 8 , This should reference /usr/share/examples/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf instead since HEAD installs it there and /usr/src/ is not installed on all machines. BTW, it seems to me that wpa_supplicant.conf should just go in /usr/share/examples/etc/ since it lives in /etc and is only a single file rather than having its own subdirectory. -- John Baldwin
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