systemd interface name issue

[Arend van Spriel]

On 05/06/2013 10:52 AM, Holger Schurig wrote:
> Yep, that's a bug in the *.service file.
>
> In systemd, a <servicename>@.service file shouldn't hard-code the "@"
> part. As the hostap/wpa_supplicant git tree doesn't contain this file,
> you should file a bug report with your distribution.

Actually, that file is generated when building wpa_supplicant with dbus 
configured.

Regards,
Arend

> 2013/5/5 zg <ml at mail.tsaitgaist.info <mailto:ml at mail.tsaitgaist.info>>
>
>     Hi,
>
>     I'm using arch linux, with wpa_supplicant 2.0-3, and systemd
>     I named my wireless interface 'wifi0' instead of 'wlan0' so to avoid
>     race conditions, as recommended
>
>     when trying to enable wpa_supplicant in systemd for this interface,
>     I get the wrong link:
>
>        systemctl enable wpa_supplicant at wifi0.service
>        ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/wpa_supplicant at .service'
>     '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/wpa_supplicant at wlan0.service'
>
>     wlan0 is used instead of wifi0.
>
>     in */usr/lib/systemd/system/wpa_supplicant at .service* I found the
>     following line:
>
>        [Install]
>        Alias=multi-user.target.wants/wpa_supplicant at wlan0.service
>
>     wlan0 is hardcoded.
>
>     If I change it to
>
>        [Install]
>        Alias=multi-user.target.wants/wpa_supplicant@%i.service
>
>     the install link works.
>
>     Is this an bug/issue/??
>
>     thx,
>     zg
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