[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#678335: wpa_supplicant.conf(5): please mention where the file is

[Jonathan Nieder]

Hi Frank,

Frank Miles wrote:

> The piece that I was missing was specifying the wpa_supplicant.conf file in
> /etc/network/interfaces.  While I'm sure that networking experts would
> find this obvious, AFAICS neither the wpa_supplicant man pages, nor the
> /etc/network/interfaces man page indicate this linkage.  Once I found how
> to specify the wpa_supplicant.conf file in the /etc/network/interfaces file
> it all made much more sense and I was able to make it work.

Do you mean that the pages were missing information on how to use

	iface eth1 inet dhcp
		wpa-conf /path/to/wpa_supplicant.conf

or how to use

	iface wlan0 inet static
		wpa-driver nl80211
		wpa-ssid HotSpot1
		wpa-bssid 00:1a:2b:3c:4d:5e
		...

?

> Thanks for your concern!  (Someone else posted it as a 'bug'.)

Yes, I am that person.  It is a bug when manpages do not make it clear
how to use or configure a program.  Thanks for catching it.

Regards,
Jonathan