Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0?

From	Tim Woodall <debianuser@woodall.me.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0?
Date	2022-03-03 12:30 +0100
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On Thu, 3 Mar 2022, Stella Ashburne wrote:

> Dearie
>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2022 at 1:59 AM
>> From: "Brian" <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
>> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>> Subject: Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0?
>>
>> On Wed 02 Mar 2022 at 09:01:55 +0100, Stella Ashburne wrote:
>>
>>> Are you saying that my /etc/network/interfaces file may look like the following so long as the line "source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*" (without quotes) is present?
>>
>> Correct, although I do nit understand what you gain from using
>> /etc/network/interfaces.d/.
>>
>
> Please surf to https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse, sub-heading "WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK", paragraph 1 which states:
>
> 1. Restrict the permissions of /etc/network/interfaces, to prevent pre-shared key (PSK) disclosure (alternatively use a separate config file such as /etc/network/interfaces.d/wlan0 on newer Debian versions):
>
>

If you only have one interface then it probably doesn't make much
difference whether you leave it in interfaces or move it to
interfaces.d/

I prefer interfaces.d/ but I have some machines with lots of interfaces
to configure. I also do quite a lot of maintenance programmatically and
it's much easier to work with separate files than have to find the
correct bit in one long file.

This is orthogonal to the permissions thing. If you do not want your
WiFi password to be in a world readable file then you should ensure that
the file that contains your password isn't world readable.

Thread

What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2022-02-28 19:50 +0100
  Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-02-28 20:20 +0100
    Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2022-02-28 21:00 +0100
      Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? tomas@tuxteam.de - 2022-02-28 21:30 +0100
        Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2022-02-28 22:50 +0100
      Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-02-28 21:30 +0100
        Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2022-02-28 22:50 +0100
          Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? tomas@tuxteam.de - 2022-03-01 07:40 +0100
            Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-03-01 13:20 +0100
              Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2022-03-01 15:30 +0100
                Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-03-01 16:00 +0100
            Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2022-03-01 15:20 +0100
              Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-03-01 15:50 +0100
      Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Tim Woodall <debianuser@woodall.me.uk> - 2022-03-01 13:20 +0100
        Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-03-01 13:30 +0100
          Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-03-01 15:40 +0100
            Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-03-01 15:50 +0100
        Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2022-03-01 15:40 +0100
          Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Tim Woodall <debianuser@woodall.me.uk> - 2022-03-01 15:50 +0100
            Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-03-01 16:00 +0100
              Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Tim Woodall <debianuser@woodall.me.uk> - 2022-03-01 16:40 +0100
                wikis: moin-moin : plain text (was: Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0?) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2022-03-03 14:50 +0100
                Re: wikis: moin-moin : plain text (was: Re: What should I put inside  the file called wlan0?) Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-03-03 15:00 +0100
                Re: wikis: moin-moin : plain text (was: Re: What should I put inside  the file called wlan0?) Tim Woodall <debianuser@woodall.me.uk> - 2022-03-03 15:50 +0100
      Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-03-01 17:30 +0100
        Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2022-03-02 09:10 +0100
          Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-03-02 19:00 +0100
            Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2022-03-03 09:00 +0100
              Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Tim Woodall <debianuser@woodall.me.uk> - 2022-03-03 12:30 +0100
                Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2022-03-03 19:30 +0100
                Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-03-03 19:50 +0100
                Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2022-03-03 20:00 +0100
            Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-03-03 17:00 +0100
              Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2022-03-03 19:50 +0100
                Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-03-03 21:00 +0100
                Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-03-08 16:20 +0100
            Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2022-03-03 19:40 +0100
              Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-03-03 19:50 +0100
                Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-03-03 20:00 +0100
                Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2022-03-03 20:00 +0100
          Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-03-08 16:20 +0100
  Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-02-28 21:10 +0100
    Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2022-02-28 21:20 +0100
      Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-03-01 00:20 +0100
        Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2022-03-01 06:10 +0100
          Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Markus Schönhaber <debian-user@list-post.mks-mail.de> - 2022-03-01 09:00 +0100
            Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2022-03-01 12:10 +0100
        Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-03-01 07:50 +0100
  Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2022-02-28 22:20 +0100
    Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Ash Joubert <ash@transient.nz> - 2022-02-28 23:50 +0100
      Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-03-01 00:50 +0100
        Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2022-03-01 10:30 +0100
        Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Ash Joubert <ash@transient.nz> - 2022-03-01 22:20 +0100
      Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2022-03-01 06:10 +0100
    Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-03-01 00:50 +0100
      Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2022-03-01 10:50 +0100

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