From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 11 17:23:08 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 75308FCB; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 17:23:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.fisglobal.com (mx1.fisglobal.com [199.200.24.190]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3B88A12A9; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 17:23:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.fisglobal.com ([10.132.206.16]) by ltcfislmsgpa03.fnfis.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id rBBHJgwP003224 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:22:56 -0600 Received: from LTCFISWMSGMB21.FNFIS.com ([169.254.1.7]) by LTCFISWMSGHT05.FNFIS.com ([10.132.206.16]) with mapi id 14.03.0158.001; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:18:49 -0600 From: "Teske, Devin" To: Martin McCormick Subject: Re: Starting the wpa_supplicant Daemon from rc.conf Thread-Topic: Starting the wpa_supplicant Daemon from rc.conf Thread-Index: AQHO9pUOLDTogPNPdkufo7jCk7N3Kg== Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 17:18:49 +0000 Message-ID: References: <201312102156.rBALuZ6a000955@x.it.okstate.edu> In-Reply-To: <201312102156.rBALuZ6a000955@x.it.okstate.edu> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.132.253.120] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.11.87, 1.0.14, 0.0.0000 definitions=2013-12-11_05:2013-12-11,2013-12-11,1970-01-01 signatures=0 Cc: Devin Teske , "Teske, Devin" , FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: Devin Teske List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 17:23:08 -0000 On Dec 10, 2013, at 1:56 PM, Martin McCormick wrote: > We are using 802.1x on our wired network and the wpa_supplicant > on this system works like it should to authenticate with the > network if manually called as in=20 >=20 > sudo ./etc/testwpa which is the name I gave the script that > calls wpa_supplicant and gives it the configuration file and > interface information to authenticate. >=20 > The only thing that is not yet working is getting > wpa_supplicant to authenticate automatically upon reboot or > startup. I presently have the following in /etc/rc.conf: >=20 > #wpa_supplicant > wpa_supplicant_enable=3D"YES" > wpa_supplicant_program=3D"/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant"=09 > #executable > wpa_supplicant_flags=3D"-B -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -D wired -i le0" >=20 What you actually want is: ifconfig_le0=3D" WPA" # Don't worry, the WPA will be stripped out when talking to ifconfig(8) # NB: WPA can appear anywhere in the ifconfig_* value --=20 Devin _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware= that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and revie= w by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.