On 3/5/23, David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > On Sun 05 Mar 2023 at 02:42:46 (+0000), Albretch Mueller wrote: >> On 3/4/23, David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: >> > Also, now that the firmware is in place, if you repeat those steps, >> > you're /likely/ to find that ath10k_pci is busy, because the link >> > will be configured automatically in the first few seconds after >> > booting up. >> >> I would always go into exposed mode using a DL DVD that is what I >> meant when I said "re start". So, I will need to run a dkpg script >> whenever I boot it. >> >> sudo iwlist wlp2s0 scan | grep ESSID >> >> will list the wireless networks around. All I need now is a way to >> somehow pass the password into the script in the command line of >> through a config file so that I don't have to enter it every time. I >> tried to find a way to do just that. >> >> How do you? > > I run installed systems, so wifi passwords are either in individual > /var/lib/iwd/<ESSID>.psk files (with iwd), or collectively in > /etc/wpa_supplicant/<ifname>.conf (with wpasupplicant/systemd-networkd). > > These files have go= permissions, and I don't consider them of great > enough concern to put them on an encrypted filesystem (which would > in any case need unlocking). However, you could do just that, with an > encrypted USB stick. At least you'd benefit from just one passphrase > to unlock any and all necessary secrets.
Is there a way to pass the password on the command to that modprobe or whichever utility? Apparently because I use DL I don't have that kind of directory structure: $ cd /var/lib/iwd/ bash: cd: /var/lib/iwd/: No such file or directory $ cd /var/lib/ $ ls -l total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 Dec 7 2020 alsa drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 60 Mar 5 06:01 apt drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3262 Sep 10 11:19 aspell drwxr-xr-x 2 avahi-autoipd avahi-autoipd 3 Sep 10 11:06 avahi-autoipd drwxr-xr-x 1 colord colord 100 Mar 4 23:57 colord drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 33 Sep 10 11:05 dbus drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 May 27 2021 dhcp drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 75 Sep 10 10:58 dictionaries-common drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 37 Sep 10 10:56 dkms drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 220 Mar 5 00:13 dpkg drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 28 Sep 10 10:57 emacsen-common drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 60 Mar 4 23:56 exim4 drwxr-xr-x 2 geoclue geoclue 3 Mar 17 2021 geoclue drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 40 Sep 10 10:58 ghostscript drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 26 Sep 10 10:58 grub drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 26 Sep 10 11:01 hardware drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 815 Sep 10 11:19 ispell drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 28 Sep 10 11:01 libreoffice drwxr-x--- 1 lightdm lightdm 60 Mar 4 23:56 lightdm drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 60 Sep 10 11:03 live drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 60 Mar 5 00:00 logrotate drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 34 Sep 10 11:07 man-db drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 Sep 3 2022 misc drwx------ 1 root root 140 Mar 5 20:50 NetworkManager drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 Jun 28 2021 os-prober drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 Dec 22 2020 PackageKit drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 115 Sep 10 11:06 pam drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 60 Mar 4 23:55 plymouth drwx------ 1 root root 60 Sep 10 10:54 polkit-1 drwx------ 2 root root 40 Mar 4 23:54 private drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 42 Sep 10 10:56 python drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 43 Sep 10 10:54 runit drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 100 Mar 5 19:55 smartmontools drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 Aug 15 2022 snmp drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 31 Sep 10 10:54 sudo drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 Nov 16 2020 synaptic drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 180 Mar 5 00:15 systemd drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 348 Sep 10 11:18 ucf drwx------ 2 root root 60 Mar 5 00:07 udisks2 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 76 Sep 10 11:16 uim drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 120 Mar 5 00:07 upower drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 Jul 10 2020 usb_modeswitch drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 30 Sep 10 11:05 usbutils drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 29 Sep 10 10:54 vim drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 39 Sep 10 11:15 xfonts drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 40 Mar 4 23:59 xkb $
