On Wed, 7 Aug 2019 09:48:03 +0300 Andrei POPESCU <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Ma, 06 aug 19, 18:13:02, zetam.imap wrote: > > > > > Why do you need this if you configure wpa in /etc/network/interfaces? > > > > Normally the wireless interface is activated when a user accesses their > > account on the graphical interface. > > This host has to perform unattended tasks on that network even if no > > user is logged in. > > Let me rephrase that: why do you need *both* /etc/network/interfaces and > wpa_supplicant.conf? I wondered this, too. But every doc, wiki or article I read about manually setting up wireless with encryption said that's the way you do it. However, just to find out, I commented out the network stanza for my USB wireless dongle in wpa_supplicant.conf, and rebooted. Wireless works fine just with the basic info from /etc/network/interfaces. Only thing left not commented out in wpa_supplicant.conf is the config to enable wpa_cli, which doesn't run by default. FWIW: My system, a box under the desk, not a laptop, is very basic with an atypical install of Stretch -- window manager only, sysvinit, no wired Ethernet -- built part by part from a terminal-only install. Boots to terminal, login there, then startx to bring up GUI. B
