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wpasupplicant package

wpasupplicant package does not include eapol_test

Bug #1805625 reported by Brian Candler
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wpasupplicant (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

wpasupplicant comes with an auxiliary program, eapol_test, but it is not included in the Ubuntu wpasupplicant package. I'd like to request that it be added.

It's very useful for testing wifi RADIUS servers: e.g. you can call it from a Nagios check script where you want to test the entire EAP/PEAP authentication cycle.

WORKAROUND: build from source.

* download and untar the wpasuppliant source
* cd wpa_supplicant-2.6/wpa_supplicant
* create/edit the .config file
* make eapol_test && strip eapol_test
* sudo cp eapol_test /usr/local/bin/

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in wpasupplicant (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Brian Candler (b-candler) wrote :

Update: it looks like Debian made a separate package "eapoltest" and this has been available in Ubuntu since 20.10.

Unfortunately it did not arrive in time for 20.04, and the hirsute package requires a newer libc so can't be installed on focal - you still have to build yourself.
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/684349/how-to-install-eapol-test-in-ubuntu

Still, this problem should be closed once 22.04 is out.

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Brian Candler (b-candler) wrote :

Should have said: available in Ubuntu since 21.04

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Brian Candler (b-candler) wrote :

Confirmed that 22.04 has eapoltest

$ apt-cache search eapoltest
eapoltest - EAPoL testing utility

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