Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0?

[Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com>]

Dearie

> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2022 at 1:59 AM
> From: "Brian" <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0?
>
> On Wed 02 Mar 2022 at 09:01:55 +0100, Stella Ashburne wrote:
>
> > Are you saying that my /etc/network/interfaces file may look like the following so long as the line "source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*" (without quotes) is present?
>
> Correct, although I do nit understand what you gain from using
> /etc/network/interfaces.d/.
>

Please surf to https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse, sub-heading "WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK", paragraph 1 which states:

1. Restrict the permissions of /etc/network/interfaces, to prevent pre-shared key (PSK) disclosure (alternatively use a separate config file such as /etc/network/interfaces.d/wlan0 on newer Debian versions):


>
> (Nothing to do with your question but these two lines are superfluous:
>
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback).
>
Thanks, dearie, for your tip.

Best wishes

Stella