Re: Trying to start the supplicant...

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Wed, 2007-10-17 at 09:36 +0300, Tambet Ingo wrote:
> On 10/16/07, krash <mr krash gmail com> wrote:
> > no i haven't enabled dbus in config file because i have used a
> > original package. Now i have compiled with options and it works!!
> > If i start wpa_supplicant daemon before NetworkManager, all works, but
> > isn't dbus capable to start wpa_supplicant automatically? In other
> > post i see that there is a file in /usr/share/dbus-1/services. I don't
> > have it.
> > What is the content?
> 
> If you want to start wpa_supplicant automatically, you'll need
> (unstable) dbus >= 1.1.2 which supports system service activation. The
> content of the activation file is:

That must be the point I was unclear about.  I had assumed that dbus
1.1.1 and later had system activation, but I guess I'm wrong.  Thanks.

Dan

> #cat /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.service
> [D-BUS Service]
> Name=fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant
> Exec=/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -u
> User=root
> 
> Tambet