wpa_supplicant doesn't create the pidfile if the target directory does not exist. Because /var/run is wiped with every boot I added the following line to my rc.local to workaround this issue: /bin/mkdir -p /var/run/wpa_supplicant I'm running RELENG_8. -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
On 27/08/2010 09:28, Bernhard Schmidt wrote:> On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 19:50, Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> wrote: >> wpa_supplicant doesn't create the pidfile if the target directory >> does not exist. Because /var/run is wiped with every boot I added >> the following line to my rc.local to workaround this issue: >> >> /bin/mkdir -p /var/run/wpa_supplicant >> >> I'm running RELENG_8. > > How about this? > > Index: etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist > ==================================================================> --- etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist>.....(revision 211568) > +++ etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist>.....(working copy) > @@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ > .. > ppp gname=network mode=0770 > .. > + wpa_supplicant > + .. > .. > rwho gname=daemon mode=0775 > ..Is the mtree built every time the system boots? Because my /var/run is a tmpfs. And even if it wasn't, I think it's wiped every boot any way. Regards -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 19:50, Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> wrote:> wpa_supplicant doesn't create the pidfile if the target directory > does not exist. Because /var/run is wiped with every boot I added > the following line to my rc.local to workaround this issue: > > /bin/mkdir -p /var/run/wpa_supplicant > > I'm running RELENG_8.How about this? Index: etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist ==================================================================--- etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist>.....(revision 211568) +++ etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist>.....(working copy) @@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ .. ppp gname=network mode=0770 .. + wpa_supplicant + .. .. rwho gname=daemon mode=0775 .. -- Bernhard