Using hostapd and nl80211 permission problem

Denys Vlasenko vda.linux at googlemail.com
Sat Mar 31 00:41:38 UTC 2018


"Standard" bbox has no hostapd. Please post a link to the version you are using

On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 6:59 PM, Gautam Bhat <mindentropy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to bring up my Wireless LAN interface in busybox with non-admin
> privileges. I have configured busybox with "FEATURE_SUID_CONFIG" with
> permissions given to ifconfig, ifup, ifdown, hostapd etc. When I start the
> hostapd I get permission errors for NL80211 interface. How can I fix this?
> Would I have to see libnl library permissions? Any other places I would have
> to look at? Also is this been tried in busybox?
>
> Thanks,
> Gautam.
>
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