wpa_supplicant credential access

Erich Titl erich.titl at think.ch
Tue Jan 13 03:12:16 EST 2015


HI

Am 09.01.2015 um 23:59 schrieb Jouni Malinen:
> On Thu, Jan 08, 2015 at 11:33:26PM +0100, Erich Titl wrote:
>> I am writing a web front end to wpa_supplicant functions. IN order to
>> reuse existing network stanzas I need to have access to the credentials.
>> I understand that wpa_cli is restricted in yielding the credentials in
>> normal operation.
> 
> What exactly would you do with the credential? If you are trying to
> build another network profile with the password (etc.), you can use the
> DUP_NETWORK command to make a copy of the private parameter
> ("DUP_NETWORK <src netword id> <dst network id> <parameter>").

The user can select from a a list of networks to connect to. In case of
a matching network profile I am trying to reuse it. To give the user a
chance to modify the password I need the original as a default value.

Erich Titl



-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: smime.p7s
Type: application/pkcs7-signature
Size: 1908 bytes
Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
URL: <http://lists.shmoo.com/pipermail/hostap/attachments/20150113/6f13b9ba/attachment.bin>


More information about the HostAP mailing list