On Thu, 2021-05-20 at 14:07 +0200, Juan A. Rubio via networkmanager- list wrote:
Hello, I'm using NetworkManager version 1.20.4 on a device with a Buildroot-based custom Linux distribution. The version of wpa_supplicant is 2.9 and I've noticed that this version of supplicant has lost the -u flag E.g. from wpa_supplicant v2.6's help message " -u = enable DBus control interface " In previous versions, I would start supplicant with the -u option and that would be all that was needed in order to get NM to manage it using D-BUS. So I'm wondering what is the right way of starting wpa_supplicant v2.9 to allow control by NM? Isn't NM expected to start it via D-BUS activation if the supplicant isn't already running? Thanks in advance for your help Juan
Hi, yes, NetworkManager will D-Bus activate wpa_supplicant. It also only interacts with wpa_supplicant using the D-Bus interface. You consequently need to ensure that supplicant is properly configured and can use D-Bus. best, Thomas
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