From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 18 14:00:03 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21CCB106566B for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:00:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2165E8FC2B for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:00:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m2IE03hx078325 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:00:03 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m2IE02Z5078324; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:00:03 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:00:03 GMT Message-Id: <200803181400.m2IE02Z5078324@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org From: John Baldwin Cc: Subject: Re: docs/121821: [patch] wpa_supplicant.conf.5 - provide pointer to sample configuration file X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: John Baldwin List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:00:03 -0000 The following reply was made to PR docs/121821; it has been noted by GNATS. From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, Edwin Groothuis Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, sam@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/121821: [patch] wpa_supplicant.conf.5 - provide pointer to sample configuration file Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:21:55 -0400 On Tuesday 18 March 2008 05:03:29 am Edwin Groothuis wrote: > >Number: 121821 > >Category: docs > >Synopsis: [patch] wpa_supplicant.conf.5 - provide pointer to sample > > configuration file Confidential: no > >Severity: non-critical > >Priority: low > >Responsible: freebsd-doc > >State: open > >Quarter: > >Keywords: > >Date-Required: > >Class: change-request > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Arrival-Date: Tue Mar 18 09:10:01 UTC 2008 > >Closed-Date: > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: Edwin Groothuis > >Release: FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE i386 > >Organization: > > - > > >Environment: > > System: FreeBSD k7.mavetju 6.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb 17 > 22:11:52 EST 2008 edwin@k7.mavetju:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/SMP i386 > > >Description: > > It took me a while to figure out how to properly use a WEP (silly > Nintendo DS doesn't know about WPA so I needed to reconfigure my > network) configuration. Once I had read through the wpa_supplicant.conf > in /usr/src/contrib/wpa_supplicant it was clear at once. > > >How-To-Repeat: > >Fix: > > Index: wpa_supplicant.conf.5 > =================================================================== > RCS file: > /home/ncvs/src/usr.sbin/wpa/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf.5,v > retrieving revision 1.9 > diff -u -r1.9 wpa_supplicant.conf.5 > --- wpa_supplicant.conf.5 11 Jul 2007 16:04:08 -0000 1.9 > +++ wpa_supplicant.conf.5 18 Mar 2008 08:59:02 -0000 > @@ -518,6 +518,11 @@ > wep_key0=42FEEDDEAFBABEDEAFBEEFAA55 > } > .Ed > +.Pp > +More examples can be found in the supplied > +.Pa wpa_supplicant.conf > +in > +.Pa /usr/src/contrib/wpa_supplicant/ . > .Sh SEE ALSO > .Xr wpa_cli 8 , > .Xr wpa_passphrase 8 , This should reference /usr/share/examples/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf instead since HEAD installs it there and /usr/src/ is not installed on all machines. BTW, it seems to me that wpa_supplicant.conf should just go in /usr/share/examples/etc/ since it lives in /etc and is only a single file rather than having its own subdirectory. -- John Baldwin