WPA: specify alternate config file in rc.conf

Mel Flynn mel.flynn+fbsd.questions at mailing.thruhere.net
Wed Nov 4 00:32:42 UTC 2009


On Tuesday 03 November 2009 00:57:41 jhell wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:27, onemda@ wrote:
> > On 11/2/09, Chad Perrin <perrin at apotheon.com> wrote:
> >> If I want to start wpa_supplicant directly, and specify a particular
> >> configuration file, I can do something like this:
> >>
> >>     wpa_supplicant -i iwi0 -c /path/to/wpa_alternate.conf
> >>
> >> How would I specify the use of /path/to/wpa_alternate.conf in my rc.conf
> >> ifconfig line, rather than just going with the default
> >> /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file?
> >
> > Look into /etc/defaults/rc.conf for hint.
> 
> This is not a option in rc.conf default or otherwise ATM.

It is on 8.

Looks pretty safe to apply:
svn diff -c 178022 svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/stable/8
-- 
Mel


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