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?