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#1 2011-03-31 04:10:54
- Rician
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(SOLVED) Wireless networking wpa_supplicant
i am trying to make wireless networking work with wpa_supplicant. i run sudo wpa_passphrase mywireless "secretpassphrase" > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf and get bash: /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf: Permission denied
.. i dont knowh what to do. Please help me get my wireless network to work 
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#2 2011-03-31 05:15:15
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Re: (SOLVED) Wireless networking wpa_supplicant
As I know, first command (sudo wpa_passphrase mywireless "secretpassphrase") runs under root access, but the sencond one ( > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf ) doesn't.
Try this:
$sudo -i
# wpa_passphrase mywireless "secretpassphrase" > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
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#3 2011-03-31 05:35:02
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Re: (SOLVED) Wireless networking wpa_supplicant
it says $sudo -i bash: -i: command not found
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#4 2011-03-31 05:49:09
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Re: (SOLVED) Wireless networking wpa_supplicant
it says $sudo -i bash: -i: command not found
Did you type "$" in command line? You just have to type "sudo -i" (without quotations) and press Enter.
Google says "the shell does the redirection BEFORE sudo runs. If the redirection can't be done because of permissions, the command will fail"
Also you can try this:
sudo sh -c 'wpa_passphrase mywireless "secretpassphrase" > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf '
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#5 2011-03-31 05:56:02
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Re: (SOLVED) Wireless networking wpa_supplicant
sudo -i wpa_passphrase mywireless "secretpassphrase" > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf = bash: /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf: Permission denied
sudo sh -c 'wpa_passphrase mywireless "secretpassphrase" > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf = bash: /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf: Permission denied
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#6 2011-03-31 06:01:53
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Re: (SOLVED) Wireless networking wpa_supplicant
sudo sh -c 'wpa_passphrase mywireless "secretpassphrase" > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
Copy, paste, Enter.
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#7 2011-03-31 06:12:41
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Re: (SOLVED) Wireless networking wpa_supplicant
My wireless internet works now. Thanks alot for your help. Its appreciated
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