https://github.com/bertptrs/netctl2iwd

Convert netctl wireless profiles to iwd profiles
https://github.com/bertptrs/netctl2iwd

iwd netctl rust

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Convert netctl wireless profiles to iwd profiles

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bertptrs/netctl2iwd
• Owner: bertptrs
• License: mit
• Created: 2019-01-18T08:51:49.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-01-29T16:30:36.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-31T11:47:53.897Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: iwd, netctl, rust
• Language: Rust
• Size: 21.5 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# netctl2iwd

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Convert your `netctl` wireless profiles to `iwd` profiles.

[Iwd](https://iwd.wiki.kernel.org/) is a recent projected intended to replace `wpa_supplicant`. It can be used with

ConnMan and NetworkManager with very little changes. However, if you previously used `netctl` for your wifi needs, you

will need to write out all the profiles again. This is where this tool comes in.

## Installation

```

git clone https://github.com/bertptrs/netctl2iwd

cd netctl2iwd

cargo install

```

…or `cargo install netctl2iwd` or use [this AUR package](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/netctl2iwd/) or [find a way to convice a butterfly to make the bytes magically appear](https://xkcd.com/378/).

## Usage

```

netctl2iwd -i /etc/netctl

```

You can use this program to convert specific netctl profiles or a folder of netctl profiles. The program does not

specifically _need_ root permissions, but it does need to read (and write) the profiles.

The default destination directory is `/var/lib/profiles` which is where the profiles should be stored. You can change

the default directory for output files with the `-o [OUTPUT DIR]` directive.

For input, you can either specify each file individually, or you can specify a profile directory with the

`-i [INPUT DIR]` option.

To run this program without root, you need to

- copy your profile files to another directory

- make the copies readable for your user

- create an output directory

- run the program with the alternative profile directory and output directory

- copy the generated profiles to the proper directory, optionally after manual inspection

### Limitations

`netctl` profiles are actually bash files, however, this tool parses them as if they were `.ini` files. This works okay

for simple profiles (as generated by `wifi-menu`, for instance) but may fail for more complicated set-ups.

Because of this, WPA-enterprise profiles will fail to parse since the wpa_config code is a bash array. This might be

fixed in future versions.