From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 18 21:37:17 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0F0B1065675; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:37:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [69.12.149.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95FDA8FC2C; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:37:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Received: from trouble.errno.com (trouble.errno.com [10.0.0.248]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.13.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id m2ILIqP6093183 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:18:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <47E031BC.1050502@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:18:52 -0700 From: Sam Leffler Organization: FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071125) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Baldwin References: <20080318090329.75ED222B@k7.mavetju> <200803180921.55373.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200803180921.55373.jhb@freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-DCC-Misty-Metrics: ebb.errno.com; whitelist Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, Edwin Groothuis 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 List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:37:18 -0000 John Baldwin wrote: > 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. > I believe there were other files that could go in examples and/or I followed existing practice from another app. But feel free to change it. Sam