Bug#373180: [pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#373180: wpasupplicant: `ifdown wlan0` should do what `wpa_action stop` does now

[Kel Modderman]

Modestas Vainius wrote:
>
> In my opinion, `ifdown wlan0` (without =id_str) should do what `wpa_action
> wlan0 stop` does now, i.e. bring current logical network (if wpa_supplicant
> connected to any) down and kill wpa_supplicant & friends.
>
>   

This is quite impossible for me to provide via ifdown, I am afraid (at 
this point in time at least). I can however provide an alternative to 
stopping wpa_action, in the form of an init script as described here:

http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-wpa-devel/2006-June/000549.html

"invoke-rc.d wpa-ifupdown stop" would bring down any interface that 
started a wpa_supplicant process via ifupdown.

Comments/criticism?

Thanks, Kel.