[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#644251: wpasupplicant: please make it possible to query for passphrases

[Sebastian Harl]

Package: wpasupplicant
Version: 0.7.3-4
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch

Hi,

it would be nice to be able to let wpa-supplicant query for PSKs /
passphrases / whatever when configuring a network in interfaces(5). This
is useful, for example, on shared notebooks or similar.

The attached patch allows to specify 'wpa-ask-pass yes' or 'wpa-ask-psk
yes' in interfaces(5). The passphrase / PSK will then be read from stdin
when running 'ifup <iface>'.

The querying could also be done using zenity/kdialog/whatever -- if the
general approach is fine for you, I'd be happy to modify the patch
accordingly.

TIA,
Sebastian

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