Doesn't create global config file or its directory (/etc/iwd/)

Doesn't create global config file or its directory (/etc/iwd/)

[Diederik de Haas]

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Hi,

I recently filed a Debian Bug against iwd and this is a forward for it:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1002575

"I needed the "EnableNetworkConfiguration=true" setting, which IIUC
should be done in /etc/iwd/main.conf, but I noticed that that file
and directory didn't exist. I resolved it by using mkdir and creating
the file with vim (as root) and I'm assuming/hoping things like
permissions are set correctly. But I did wonder whether I was doing it
incorrectly (and I may have, but it's working)."

The Debian maintainer informed me that there isn't such a config file in the 
upstream source code and I think it would be helpful if the directory with the 
correct permissions and the config file, which could f.e. only contain a 
commented reference to the iwd.config man page, would be created OOTB.

Cheers,
  Diederik

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Re: Doesn't create global config file or its directory (/etc/iwd/)

[Denis Kenzior]

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Hi Diederik,

> The Debian maintainer informed me that there isn't such a config file in the
> upstream source code and I think it would be helpful if the directory with the
> correct permissions and the config file, which could f.e. only contain a
> commented reference to the iwd.config man page, would be created OOTB.

I added a sample doc/main.conf in commit:
04fccea63bd4 ("doc: Add sample main.conf file").  We used to have something 
similar, but it was removed by commit:
e915156be1c6 ("doc: Remove obsolete main.conf example file")

The sample covers main.conf options that should be most relevant towards the use 
case you describe.  If I missed some, we can add them as needed.  Let us know if 
this is what the Debian package maintainer had in mind.

Regards,
-Denis

Re: Doesn't create global config file or its directory (/etc/iwd/)

[Diederik de Haas]

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On Monday, 3 January 2022 21:34:32 CET Denis Kenzior wrote:
> I added a sample doc/main.conf in commit:
> 04fccea63bd4 ("doc: Add sample main.conf file").  We used to have something
> similar, but it was removed by commit:
> e915156be1c6 ("doc: Remove obsolete main.conf example file")
> 
> The sample covers main.conf options that should be most relevant towards the
> use case you describe.  If I missed some, we can add them as needed.  Let
> us know if this is what the Debian package maintainer had in mind.

from the Debian maintainer:
Looks good to me.  Thanks!

Also thanks from my side :)

Cheers,
  Diederik

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