#1089057 Dangling documentation pointers (no NEWS.Debian)

Package:
hostapd
Source:
hostapd
Description:
access point and authentication server for Wi-Fi and Ethernet
Submitter:
Christoph Biedl
Date:
2024-12-04 18:36:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1089057#5
Date:
2024-12-04 18:34:17 UTC
From:
To:
Greetings,

two things I noticed when looking into the hostapd package:

1. In the shipped init script, I spot in line 45:

| log_warning_msg "hostapd config not in /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf -- please read /usr/share/doc/hostapd/NEWS.Debian.gz"

This file does not exist. Perhaps it did in the past and this is just
a leftover?

2. in /usr/share/doc/hostapd/README.Debian:

| To use the example as a template:
|   # zcat /usr/share/doc/hostapd/examples/hostapd.conf.gz > \
|         /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf

That file is uncompressed, so it could be just

|  # cp /usr/share/doc/hostapd/examples/hostapd.conf \
|         /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf

Related, I'd suggest to chmod 600 that file - it may contain sensitive
information.

All the best,

    Christoph