Location of wpa_supplicant.conf on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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For some reason am unable to locate wpa_supplicant.conf file on my Ubuntu PC. I am using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I did run a find and here's the result:
~$ sudo find / -iname wpa_supplicant.conf
[sudo] password for popo01:
find: ‘/run/user/1000/gvfs’: Permission denied
/etc/dbus-1/system.d/wpa_supplicant.conf
The wpa_supplicant.conf located in dbus-1 is an xml file and looks something like this:
https://apt-browse.org/browse/ubuntu/trusty/main/i386/wpasupplicant/2.1-0ubuntu1/file/etc/dbus-1/system.d/wpa_supplicant.conf
This doesn't seem to be the right wpa_supplicant.conf file.
Without the wpa_supplicant.conf, anytime I need to work with wpa_cli for establishing p2p connection between peer wifi devices, I need to kill wpa_supplicant and restart it again with my own p2p.conf file. How do I make these settings permanent? I do not want to go through the process of killing and restarting wpa_supplicant every time I boot my PC.
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For some reason am unable to locate wpa_supplicant.conf file on my Ubuntu PC. I am using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I did run a find and here's the result:
~$ sudo find / -iname wpa_supplicant.conf
[sudo] password for popo01:
find: ‘/run/user/1000/gvfs’: Permission denied
/etc/dbus-1/system.d/wpa_supplicant.conf
The wpa_supplicant.conf located in dbus-1 is an xml file and looks something like this:
https://apt-browse.org/browse/ubuntu/trusty/main/i386/wpasupplicant/2.1-0ubuntu1/file/etc/dbus-1/system.d/wpa_supplicant.conf
This doesn't seem to be the right wpa_supplicant.conf file.
Without the wpa_supplicant.conf, anytime I need to work with wpa_cli for establishing p2p connection between peer wifi devices, I need to kill wpa_supplicant and restart it again with my own p2p.conf file. How do I make these settings permanent? I do not want to go through the process of killing and restarting wpa_supplicant every time I boot my PC.
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For some reason am unable to locate wpa_supplicant.conf file on my Ubuntu PC. I am using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I did run a find and here's the result:
~$ sudo find / -iname wpa_supplicant.conf
[sudo] password for popo01:
find: ‘/run/user/1000/gvfs’: Permission denied
/etc/dbus-1/system.d/wpa_supplicant.conf
The wpa_supplicant.conf located in dbus-1 is an xml file and looks something like this:
https://apt-browse.org/browse/ubuntu/trusty/main/i386/wpasupplicant/2.1-0ubuntu1/file/etc/dbus-1/system.d/wpa_supplicant.conf
This doesn't seem to be the right wpa_supplicant.conf file.
Without the wpa_supplicant.conf, anytime I need to work with wpa_cli for establishing p2p connection between peer wifi devices, I need to kill wpa_supplicant and restart it again with my own p2p.conf file. How do I make these settings permanent? I do not want to go through the process of killing and restarting wpa_supplicant every time I boot my PC.
wpa-supplicant
asked Oct 29 '16 at 0:48
RaviPathak
111
For some reason am unable to locate wpa_supplicant.conf file on my Ubuntu PC. I am using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I did run a find and here's the result:
~$ sudo find / -iname wpa_supplicant.conf
[sudo] password for popo01:
find: ‘/run/user/1000/gvfs’: Permission denied
/etc/dbus-1/system.d/wpa_supplicant.conf
The wpa_supplicant.conf located in dbus-1 is an xml file and looks something like this:
https://apt-browse.org/browse/ubuntu/trusty/main/i386/wpasupplicant/2.1-0ubuntu1/file/etc/dbus-1/system.d/wpa_supplicant.conf
This doesn't seem to be the right wpa_supplicant.conf file.
Without the wpa_supplicant.conf, anytime I need to work with wpa_cli for establishing p2p connection between peer wifi devices, I need to kill wpa_supplicant and restart it again with my own p2p.conf file. How do I make these settings permanent? I do not want to go through the process of killing and restarting wpa_supplicant every time I boot my PC.
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asked Oct 29 '16 at 0:48
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asked Oct 29 '16 at 0:48
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asked Oct 29 '16 at 0:48
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asked Oct 29 '16 at 0:48
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man wpa_supplicant tells us:
QUICK START
First, make a configuration file, e.g. /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf, that
describes the networks you are interested in. See
wpa_supplicant.conf(5) for details.
By "make a configuration file," the author meant "create a configuration file", and by e.g. /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf he/she means "for example, call the configuration file you just created wpa_supplicant.conf".
Since there are so many WiFi cards, and so many, many WiFi network configurations, Linux doesn't give you a default WiFi configuration.
Read man wpa_supplicant.conf, and create a configuration file for your configuration. Feel free to call it wpa_supplicant.conf (or fred, it doesn't matter).
answered Oct 29 '16 at 3:04
waltinator
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Thanks Waltinator. This means there's some default config that wpa_supplicant is running with. Is there a way I can dump or obtain those configuration? ... like a command or something? Or is it the source I need to dig into!
– RaviPathak
Oct 29 '16 at 12:22
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man wpa_supplicant tells us:
QUICK START
First, make a configuration file, e.g. /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf, that
describes the networks you are interested in. See
wpa_supplicant.conf(5) for details.
By "make a configuration file," the author meant "create a configuration file", and by e.g. /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf he/she means "for example, call the configuration file you just created wpa_supplicant.conf".
Since there are so many WiFi cards, and so many, many WiFi network configurations, Linux doesn't give you a default WiFi configuration.
Read man wpa_supplicant.conf, and create a configuration file for your configuration. Feel free to call it wpa_supplicant.conf (or fred, it doesn't matter).
answered Oct 29 '16 at 3:04
waltinator
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Thanks Waltinator. This means there's some default config that wpa_supplicant is running with. Is there a way I can dump or obtain those configuration? ... like a command or something? Or is it the source I need to dig into!
– RaviPathak
Oct 29 '16 at 12:22
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man wpa_supplicant tells us:
QUICK START
First, make a configuration file, e.g. /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf, that
describes the networks you are interested in. See
wpa_supplicant.conf(5) for details.
By "make a configuration file," the author meant "create a configuration file", and by e.g. /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf he/she means "for example, call the configuration file you just created wpa_supplicant.conf".
Since there are so many WiFi cards, and so many, many WiFi network configurations, Linux doesn't give you a default WiFi configuration.
Read man wpa_supplicant.conf, and create a configuration file for your configuration. Feel free to call it wpa_supplicant.conf (or fred, it doesn't matter).
answered Oct 29 '16 at 3:04
waltinator
21.8k74169
Thanks Waltinator. This means there's some default config that wpa_supplicant is running with. Is there a way I can dump or obtain those configuration? ... like a command or something? Or is it the source I need to dig into!
– RaviPathak
Oct 29 '16 at 12:22
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man wpa_supplicant tells us:
QUICK START
First, make a configuration file, e.g. /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf, that
describes the networks you are interested in. See
wpa_supplicant.conf(5) for details.
By "make a configuration file," the author meant "create a configuration file", and by e.g. /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf he/she means "for example, call the configuration file you just created wpa_supplicant.conf".
Since there are so many WiFi cards, and so many, many WiFi network configurations, Linux doesn't give you a default WiFi configuration.
Read man wpa_supplicant.conf, and create a configuration file for your configuration. Feel free to call it wpa_supplicant.conf (or fred, it doesn't matter).
answered Oct 29 '16 at 3:04
waltinator
21.8k74169
man wpa_supplicant tells us:
QUICK START
First, make a configuration file, e.g. /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf, that
describes the networks you are interested in. See
wpa_supplicant.conf(5) for details.
By "make a configuration file," the author meant "create a configuration file", and by e.g. /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf he/she means "for example, call the configuration file you just created wpa_supplicant.conf".
Since there are so many WiFi cards, and so many, many WiFi network configurations, Linux doesn't give you a default WiFi configuration.
Read man wpa_supplicant.conf, and create a configuration file for your configuration. Feel free to call it wpa_supplicant.conf (or fred, it doesn't matter).
answered Oct 29 '16 at 3:04
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Thanks Waltinator. This means there's some default config that wpa_supplicant is running with. Is there a way I can dump or obtain those configuration? ... like a command or something? Or is it the source I need to dig into!
– RaviPathak
Oct 29 '16 at 12:22
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Thanks Waltinator. This means there's some default config that wpa_supplicant is running with. Is there a way I can dump or obtain those configuration? ... like a command or something? Or is it the source I need to dig into!
– RaviPathak
Oct 29 '16 at 12:22
Thanks Waltinator. This means there's some default config that wpa_supplicant is running with. Is there a way I can dump or obtain those configuration? ... like a command or something? Or is it the source I need to dig into!
– RaviPathak
Oct 29 '16 at 12:22
Thanks Waltinator. This means there's some default config that wpa_supplicant is running with. Is there a way I can dump or obtain those configuration? ... like a command or something? Or is it the source I need to dig into!
– RaviPathak
Oct 29 '16 at 12:22
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