[CentOS] CentOS 6: wpa_supplicant, unexpected behavior

[Michael D. Berger]

On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:36:13 -0400, Scott Robbins wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 10:35:18PM +0000, Michael D. Berger wrote:
>> On my CentOS 6:
>>    chkconfig --list wpa_supplicant
>> shows off at all levels, which is confirmed by examination of:
>>    /etc/init.d/wpa_supplicant
>> but ps -ef shows the process running. Furthermore, repeated
>>    cd /etc/init.d/
>>    ./wpa_supplicant stop
>> appears to succeed, but the process continues to run. These
>> observations were made at levels 3 and 5.
>> 
>> 
> Are you using NetworkManager?  It probably starts wpa_supplicant.  Have
> you ever noticed, on a Gnome desktop, how you have to specifically
> uncheck enable wireless?

Yes, I am using NetworkManager, and, as I forgot to mention, KDE.
But I see that NetworkManager starts at level 2.

(BTW, I also see that the scripts in /etc/init.d have a new format
for specifying start and stop levels.)

Mike.