CentOS - Aug 2011 - CentOS 6: wpa_supplicant, unexpected behavior

On my CentOS 6:
   chkconfig --list wpa_supplicant
shows off at all levels, which is confirmed by examination of:
   /etc/init.d/wpa_supplicant
but ps -ef shows the process running.
Furthermore, repeated
   cd /etc/init.d/
   ./wpa_supplicant stop
appears to succeed, but the process continues to run.
These observations were made at levels 3 and 5.

Thanks in advance for your explanation.

Mike.

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 10:35:18PM +0000, Michael D. Berger
wrote:
> On my CentOS 6:
>    chkconfig --list wpa_supplicant
> shows off at all levels, which is confirmed by examination of:
>    /etc/init.d/wpa_supplicant
> but ps -ef shows the process running.
> Furthermore, repeated
>    cd /etc/init.d/
>    ./wpa_supplicant stop
> appears to succeed, but the process continues to run.
> These observations were made at levels 3 and 5.
> 
Are you using NetworkManager?  It probably starts wpa_supplicant.  Have
you ever noticed, on a Gnome desktop, how you have to specifically
uncheck enable wireless?



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