Bug#418641: [pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#418641: group "netdev" in wpasupplicant configuration file

[Kel Modderman]

Restoring CC's to bug + list.

On Saturday 14 April 2007 09:03, giggz wrote:
> I saw that there was a similar bug for avahi-daemon (#385495 for
> example). And a patch from dhcdb was given :
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> --- avahi-daemon.postinst       2006-10-10 23:28:51.000000000 +0200
> +++ avahi-daemon.postinst_gismo 2006-10-10 23:32:15.000000000 +0200
> @@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
>          usermod -d /var/run/avahi-daemon avahi
>      fi
>
> +    # create the netdev group used by dbus
> +    if ! getent group netdev > /dev/null; then
> +        addgroup --quiet --system netdev
> +    fi
> +
>      # Ask the bus to reload the config file
>      if [ -x "/etc/init.d/dbus" ]; then
>        invoke-rc.d dbus force-reload || true
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> what about a similar patch for wpasupplicant... ?

I think we may have to now that wpasupplicant exposes the config 
file /etc/dbus-1/system.d/wpa_supplicant.conf, we also must provide the group 
that is required by that file.

wpasupplicant itself really does not require that group to function, but 
perhaps we can try and take advantage of it in other areas != dbus related.

Thanks, Kel.