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["Jonas G. Drange" <1426923@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Also affects: indicator-network (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: wpasupplicant (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

** Summary changed:

- Allow ubuntu-system-settings to set a device's firmware through wpa_supplicant
+ Allow ubuntu-system-settings to set a device's firmware through the private Connectivity API

** Description changed:

  Background:
  To do Wi-Fi hotspots on krillin, we need to poke wifi by doing a call to wpa_supplicant's (undocumented/local) SetInterfaceFirmware method. See [1] for details.
  
  Rationale:
  Ubuntu System Settings needs to do the same things as aforementioned script, but via dbus [2], as phablet/current non-privileged user and unconfined.
  
  What happens:
  If phablet runs [2], this error message [3] is produced, which I interpret to be equivalent with "you're not welcome here".
  
  What should happen instead:
- Ubuntu System Settings should be allowed to make the call
+ Ubuntu System Settings should be able to make a call to the Connectivity API, like Jamie suggests, SetAP(), SetSTA(), SetP2P().
  
  [1] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mathieu-tl/+junk/touch-hotspot/view/head:/hotspot.py
  [2] gdbus call --system -d fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1 -o /fi/w1/wpa_supplicant1 -m fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.SetInterfaceFirmware / ap
  [3] http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/10489519/

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Title:
  Allow ubuntu-system-settings to set a device's firmware through the
  private Connectivity API

Status in indicator-network package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in wpasupplicant package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Background:
  To do Wi-Fi hotspots on krillin, we need to poke wifi by doing a call to wpa_supplicant's (undocumented/local) SetInterfaceFirmware method. See [1] for details.

  Rationale:
  Ubuntu System Settings needs to do the same things as aforementioned script, but via dbus [2], as phablet/current non-privileged user and unconfined.

  What happens:
  If phablet runs [2], this error message [3] is produced, which I interpret to be equivalent with "you're not welcome here".

  What should happen instead:
  Ubuntu System Settings should be able to make a call to the Connectivity API, like Jamie suggests, SetAP(), SetSTA(), SetP2P().

  [1] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mathieu-tl/+junk/touch-hotspot/view/head:/hotspot.py
  [2] gdbus call --system -d fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1 -o /fi/w1/wpa_supplicant1 -m fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.SetInterfaceFirmware / ap
  [3] http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/10489519/

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