Re: Authentication via 'hostapd_cli' against an external RADIUS server

It sounds like your ctrl_interface value is not set properly for your
platform.  The default value in hostapd.conf is:

ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd

Check to make sure you can run hostapd_cli, e.g. "sudo ./hostapd_cli".


On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 10:30 AM <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> My AP is running
>
>     # hostapd /etc/hostapd.conf -dd
>     random: Trying to read entropy from /dev/random
>     Configuration file: /etc/hostapd.conf
>     ctrl_interface_group=0
>     eapol_version=2
>     Opening raw packet socket for ifindex 2
>     BSS count 1, BSSID mask 00:00:00:00:00:00 (0 bits)
>     Using existing control interface directory.
>     ctrl_iface bind(PF_UNIX) failed: Address already in use
>     ctrl_iface exists, but does not allow connections - assuming it was
>     leftover from forced program termination
>     Successfully replaced leftover ctrl_iface socket '/var/run/hostapd/eth0'
>     eth0: IEEE 802.11 Fetching hardware channel/rate support not supported.
>     Completing interface initialization
>     hostapd_setup_bss(hapd=0xdb220 (eth0), first=1)
>     eth0: Flushing old station entries
>     eth0: Deauthenticate all stations
>     Using interface eth0 with hwaddr 00:30:d6:18:45:86 and ssid ""
>     eth0: RADIUS Authentication server 192.168.200.120:1812
>     RADIUS local address: 192.168.200.236:39631
>     eth0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->ENABLED
>     eth0: AP-ENABLED
>     eth0: Setup of interface done.
>     ctrl_iface not configured!
>     random: Got 20/20 bytes from /dev/random
>
> How can I authenticate via 'hostapd_cli' against an external RADIUS server?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Erwin
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