{ config, pkgs, ... }: with pkgs.lib; let cfg = config.networking.wireless; configFile = "/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf"; ifaces = cfg.interfaces ++ optional (config.networking.WLANInterface != "") config.networking.WLANInterface; in { ###### interface options = { networking.WLANInterface = mkOption { default = ""; description = "Obsolete. Use instead."; }; networking.wireless = { enable = mkOption { default = false; description = '' Whether to start wpa_supplicant to scan for and associate with wireless networks. Note: NixOS currently does not generate wpa_supplicant's configuration file, ${configFile}. You should edit this file yourself to define wireless networks, WPA keys and so on (see wpa_supplicant.conf 5). ''; }; interfaces = mkOption { default = []; example = [ "wlan0" "wlan1" ]; description = '' The interfaces wpa_supplicant will use. If empty, it will automatically use all wireless interfaces. (Note that auto-detection is currently broken on Linux 3.4.x kernels. See http://github.com/NixOS/nixos/issues/10 for further details.) ''; }; driver = mkOption { default = "nl80211,wext"; description = "Force a specific wpa_supplicant driver."; }; userControlled = { enable = mkOption { default = false; description = '' Allow normal users to control wpa_supplicant through wpa_gui or wpa_cli. This is useful for laptop users that switch networks a lot. When you want to use this, make sure ${configFile} doesn't exist. It will be created for you. Currently it is also necessary to explicitly specify networking.wireless.interfaces. ''; }; group = mkOption { default = "wheel"; example = "network"; type = types.string; description = "Members of this group can control wpa_supplicant."; }; }; }; }; ###### implementation config = mkIf cfg.enable { environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.wpa_supplicant ]; services.dbus.packages = [ pkgs.wpa_supplicant ]; jobs.wpa_supplicant = { description = "WPA Supplicant"; wantedBy = [ "network.target" ]; after = [ "systemd-udev-settle.service" ]; path = [ pkgs.wpa_supplicant ]; preStart = '' touch -a ${configFile} chmod 600 ${configFile} '' + optionalString cfg.userControlled.enable '' if [ ! -s ${configFile} ]; then echo "ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=${cfg.userControlled.group}" >> ${configFile} echo "update_config=1" >> ${configFile} fi ''; script = '' ${if ifaces == [] then '' for i in $(cd /sys/class/net && echo *); do if [ -e /sys/class/net/$i/wireless ]; then ifaces="$ifaces''${ifaces:+ -N} -i$i" fi done '' else '' ifaces="${concatStringsSep " -N " (map (i: "-i${i}") ifaces)}" ''} exec wpa_supplicant -s -u -D${cfg.driver} -c ${configFile} $ifaces -dd ''; }; powerManagement.resumeCommands = '' ${config.systemd.package}/bin/systemctl try-restart wpa_supplicant ''; assertions = [{ assertion = !cfg.userControlled.enable || cfg.interfaces != []; message = "user controlled wpa_supplicant needs explicit networking.wireless.interfaces";}]; }; }