Operation not permitted

[Shiv Jairam]

Hi,

The results shown above were obtained by running wpa_sup as root.

Thanks.
On 1/20/08, Forrest Sheng Bao <forrest.bao at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Some operation n hardware requires root privilege. You may need to start
> wpa-supplicant as a super user. You can type a "sudo" before your commands
> and enter the root password after that. You can also type "su -" or "su
> root" to be a super user.
>
> Cheers,
> Forrest
>
> On Jan 20, 2008 12:38 PM, Shiv Jairam <linuxfreak87 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm trying to connect to my school's wireless network:
> > http://www.brooklaw.edu/it/wireless/instructions.pdf
> >
> > Here is the wpa_sup config file. Does it look like it reflects the
> > network settings?
> >
> > ap_scan=1
> >
> > network={
> >         ssid="bls"
> >         scan_ssid=0
> >
> >         proto=WPA
> >
> >         key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
> >         pairwise=TKIP
> >         group=TKIP
> >         eap=PEAP
> >         identity="username"
> >         password="passwd"
> >         phase1="peaplabel=1"
> >
> >
> >         phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2"
> > }
> >
> >
> > Here are the results when I run wpa_sup using the above config file:
> >
> > wpa_supplicant -i eth0 -c /usr/share/wicd/encryption/configurations/000b0e0d7cc4  -D wext
> >
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
> > WEXT auth param 7 value 0x1 - ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
> >
> >
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: Invalid argument
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: Invalid argument
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: Invalid argument
> >
> >
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: Invalid argument
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
> > WEXT auth param 4 value 0x0 - ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
> >
> >
> > WEXT auth param 5 value 0x1 - ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
> > WEXT auth param 7 value 0x0 - ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
> > WEXT auth param 5 value 0x0 - ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
> >
> >
> > .
> >
> >
> > I would have to explicitly kill the command [C-c] around line "WEXT auth
> > param 4 value 0x0", or else it just sits there. Whats wrong?
> >
> > Thank you.
> > --
> >  Shiv Jairam
> >
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>
>
> --
> Forrest Sheng Bao
> Ph.D. student, Dept. of Computer Science
> Texas Tech University, USA
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>
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> well as English.




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Shiv Jairam
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