I have no wifi, yet wpa_supplicant is running. Why?

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#1

Hi,

I see this in my process list:


> USER       PID %CPU %MEM    VSZ   RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
> ...
>
> root     25736  0.0  0.0  27624  1372 ?        Ss   May04   0:00 /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -u -f /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log

This is a desktop (13.1, xfce, 64bit), and it has never had a WiFi card.
Bluetooth things, yes. I don’t know what starts it or why.

I use ifup with fixed address.


> Telcontar:~ # systemctl status wpa_supplicant.service
> wpa_supplicant.service - WPA Supplicant daemon
>    Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/wpa_supplicant.service; enabled)
>    Active: active (running) since Sun 2014-05-04 22:15:29 CEST; 3h 11min ago
>  Main PID: 25736 (wpa_supplicant)
>    CGroup: /system.slice/wpa_supplicant.service
>            └─25736 /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -u -f /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log
>
> May 04 22:15:29 Telcontar systemd[1]: Starting WPA Supplicant daemon...
> May 04 22:15:29 Telcontar systemd[1]: Started WPA Supplicant daemon.
> Telcontar:~ #

Should I just disable that service? Or is there a reason why it should
be there?

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)

#2

Yes, if you’re not using wifi you can safely stop and disable that service.

#3

On 2014-05-05 01:56, deano ferrari wrote:

> Yes, if you’re not using wifi you can safely stop and disable that
> service.

Thanks for the confirmation. Done :slight_smile:

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)