Re: [dev] wicd and his little friends

On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:28:22 +0100, Antoni Grzymala <antoni_AT_chopin.edu.pl>
wrote:
> Jan dixit (2011-01-20, 02:26):
>
>> On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:22:51 -0500, Kurt H Maier <karmaflux_AT_gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 8:15 PM, Jan <keks_AT_unstable.nl> wrote:
>> >> Maybe surveilling /var/log/messages (lines are similar to dmesg
>> >> output)
>> >> for lines that include "eth0" and "link" might work.
>> >
>> > wpa_supplicant puts all its info (i.e., CTRL_EVENT_DISCONNECTED) out
>> > on stderr. Could just pipe that to a shell script.
>>
>> Does wpa_supplicant work with wired devices?
>
> As a 802.11x supplicant? AFAIR yes.

I thought the intention was to see if there is a cable plugged in, and I
believe there are better ways for this task than having a wpa_supplicant
running, this seems overpowered.
Received on Thu Jan 20 2011 - 02:33:56 CET