Bug 98253 – Replace xsupplicant init script by an rcscript network module

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

[Description Sebastian Roeder 2005-07-07 11:14:55 UTC]

I have two problems with the init script provided in the xsupplicant-1.0.1  
ebuild.  
  
1. "/etc/init.d/xsupplicant stop" doesn't work as expected - it always gives  
me the zwo red !! and I have to delete /var/run/xsupplicant manually. Maybe 
this is an upstream problem since the kill command doesn't work either. 
 
2. Then I do not change the init script the xsupplicant is in background 
modus. This is bad for me cause xsupplicant aep-md5 (wired) authetification 
has to be finished becore I can start net.eth0. Therefore I removed the 
background option from the init script but now xsupplicant is always verbose 
on boot (showing my user + passwort!) and I can't make it be silent. 
 
3. Offtopic: Is there any chance to use variables from the xsupplicant conf 
script within non-xsupplicant init scripts (like net.eth0)? Sorry for OT - I 
you don't like it please ignore the last question. 
 
Of cause I will help to fix the init script if I can. 
 
Sebastian    

Reproducible: Always
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[Comment 1 Henrik Brix Andersen 2005-07-08 08:02:21 UTC]

You should take a look at baselayout-1.11.x and wpa_supplicant:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#book_part4_chap4

[Comment 2 Sebastian Roeder 2005-08-18 14:12:40 UTC]

After surching the web a long time I managed to get the aep-md5 authetification 
over WIRED LAN working with wpa_supplicant. Therefor the ~x86 wpa_supplicant 
0.4.x is needed. 
 
This is my wpa_supplicant.conf.wired: 
 
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant 
ctrl_interface_group=wheel 
ap_scan=0 
network={ 
        key_mgmt=IEEE8021X 
        eap=MD5 
        identity="sroeder" 
        password="uIdkO" 
        eapol_flags=0 
} 
 
Now I can start it in the console with: 
 
wpa_supplicant -ieth0 -Dwired -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf.wired 
 
Finaly starting dhcpcd and everithing is fine. But I can not integrate this 
into /etc/conf.d/net. I tried it like this: 
 
 
# Network config for the new Gentoo baselayout > 0.11.11 on Dell Inspiron 6000 
# For reference see /etc/conf.d/net.example 
 
# Enable wpa_supplicant for all net.* devices 
modules=( "wpa_supplicant" ) 
 
# Configure wired LAN (eth0) 
# ************************* 
 
# Bring eth0 "UP" and prepare it for authentification 
ifconfig_eth0="up allmulti promisc" 
 
# Tell wpa_supplicant to use the "wired" driver for eth0 
# And to use config /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf.wired 
wpa_supplicant_eth0="-Dwired -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf.wired" 
 
config_eth0=( "dhcp" ) 
#dhcpcd_eth0="-t 30" 
 
 
But it doesn't work. Seems like wpa_supplicant is not even started cause 
wpa_cli status doesn't work either (wpa_ctrl_open can not be found). 
 
Is support for wired interfaces and wpa_supplicant not yet supported by 
baselayout-1.11.13? Can I fix this manually in the meantime? 
 
Thanks in advance for the help! I guess once this is working wpa_supplicant is 
a good replacement for xsupplicant and the integration within baselayout is a 
good approach.  

[Comment 3 Henrik Brix Andersen 2005-10-25 05:33:16 UTC]

The init script should be replaced by a rcscript network module.

[Comment 4 Roy Marples (RETIRED) 2005-10-25 06:33:23 UTC]

baselayout-1.12.0_pre10 will support wpa_supplicant over wired interfaces.
You can find instructions and patches for enabling this in
baselayout-1.12.0_pre9-r1 at the below link
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-392299-highlight-wpasupplicant.html

And yes, the xsupplicant init script should be replaces with a rcscripts net module.

[Comment 5 Sebastian Roeder 2005-10-25 13:06:52 UTC]

(In reply to comment #4) 
 
Yes, I know cause it was me who started the thread =) It works great! 
 
Would it be an option to replace xsupplicant completely with wpa_supplicant 
(removing it from portage, as it looks like it is not maintained in Gentoo)? Or 
is there something that xsupplicant can do but wpa_supplicant can't? 
 
 

[Comment 6 Sebastian Roeder 2006-04-29 02:28:03 UTC]

OK I mark this closed with the hint to use wpa_supplicant instead.

[Comment 7 Henrik Brix Andersen 2006-04-29 02:37:41 UTC]

(In reply to comment #6)
> OK I mark this closed with the hint to use wpa_supplicant instead.

Please leave this up to the developers - the problem with xsupplicant is not solved.

[Comment 8 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2007-03-08 23:26:48 UTC]

# Stefan Cornelius <[e-mail]> (7 Mar 2007)
# Masking net-misc/xsupplicant due to security bug 154995
net-misc/xsupplicant

Use something else, like net-wireless/wpa_supplicant