From nobody Thu Apr 11 08:00:08 2024 X-Original-To: wireless@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4VFXDS2V2cz5Gww7 for ; Thu, 11 Apr 2024 08:00:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4VFXDS0r1Cz4ZGc for ; Thu, 11 Apr 2024 08:00:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1712822408; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=mmY1ORLvTaX+7kU1jMKbOxeZBlbXeJH677AWOqHwPin0tujvUYTxGMdjZl6E1QfBj52RCl q2RGD919UAH1ZRvbVz03BbdJ03g1OMW3+3cvvvCqxT4FuHor0wiVYh6Jqwq/Gu7ZxJal7p F2yK9E0BHE4GE8vLBvWcyeOG5LhAOXAwbuv3BY1VUn9/FD+cU8o9aSsAka7mTSn6kmANf0 B7mjlWxwkeM2rdB1fVwXCsEDGQG28BsFuPth30fgAf5jKVCYKYSBU3T4Qv7WG4QPeOpohX 2mHQmHhfJaH0TKDa4w1VXwjzZRtTGQT3qw+fNxvBDz35UwdP2CE4hwnqnJKasA== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1712822408; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=8pWW4P7D0txzNwYpzhXUDyVp6h6q+ci2pM+pS2lV9xA=; b=KsoWRGG9JXtl3ra5FWp7ylTfNEZkolIS0OhtREebDy235aV05dE73xrMcdNEISPtqRyJVr gh7J1MUwjOw0o/q2KPoXih1jvBJ9mKBOPpNj7NIO3piQFIdwgFs7PJiRNdhqRcUJs7eZvE w7v6n5vaaUUK33uSosFlgP7UyMOSNdYUhpVCbt34iAFjwHiZAplwOf6D9F3rHf6fgUYrNr WHmOIPareXlB+UXkwtM/2+cnkoT/SkZmKKOF9wC/JUhbDrIEtmAj/rdUgh9jeQKXdhjbVk F0O71uR6DYxsOgo4Vvgu7a6sRZ8ydpYqvqf8Ie1/lKjdCMcd5H/Msjv0mmqm7w== Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org (kenobi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::50:1d]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4VFXDS0Rbdz1CfK for ; Thu, 11 Apr 2024 08:00:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.5]) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 43B807ZX049058 for ; Thu, 11 Apr 2024 08:00:07 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: (from www@localhost) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id 43B807Xo049049 for wireless@FreeBSD.org; Thu, 11 Apr 2024 08:00:07 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) X-Authentication-Warning: kenobi.freebsd.org: www set sender to bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org using -f From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: wireless@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 278306] service netif start doesn't bring up the wireless interface if /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf is missing Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 08:00:08 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: AssignedTo X-Bugzilla-Type: new X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: Base System X-Bugzilla-Component: wireless X-Bugzilla-Version: CURRENT X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Many People X-Bugzilla-Who: arrowd@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Status: New X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: wireless@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: bug_id short_desc product version rep_platform op_sys bug_status bug_severity priority component assigned_to reporter Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated List-Id: Discussions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-wireless List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D278306 Bug ID: 278306 Summary: service netif start doesn't bring up the wireless interface if /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf is missing Product: Base System Version: CURRENT Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Many People Priority: --- Component: wireless Assignee: wireless@FreeBSD.org Reporter: arrowd@FreeBSD.org A fresh FreeBSD installation may end up with no /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf fi= le existing. It may happen when an user completely skipped any network interfa= ces setup in the installer. Now, I do necessary adjustments in /etc/rc.conf wlans_foo0=3Dwlan0 ifconfig_wlan0=3D"WPA DHCP" then do service netif restart to apply them and then expect "ifconfig wlan0 scan" to give me a list of networks available. However, restarting the netif service results in ... Destroyed wlan(4) interfaces: wlan0. Created wlan(4) interfaces: wlan0. /etc/rc.d/wpa_supplicant: WARNING: /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf is not readable. /etc/rc.d/wpa_supplicant: WARNING: failed precmd routine for wpa_supplicant Starting Network: lo0 wlan0. ... This in turn leads to wlan0 interface remain in "down" state, which prevents "ifconfig wlan0 scan" from returning anything useful. From an user perspective I found it a bit misleading. I wasted some time tr= ying to figure out why I don't see any networks until I ran "ifconfig wlan0 up". Would it be possible to bring the interface up regardless of the wpa_supplicant.conf file present? --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=