wpa_cli doesn't manage alternate wpa_supplicant.conf files

Question

Following the instructions from Access point as WiFi router/repeater, optional with bridge I have created wlan0 and access point networks, but wpa_cli doesn't allow me to edit the configuration

The system creates /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-wlan0.conf

This doesn't allow editing with wpa_cli. Is there a way to configure wpa_cli to use the different .conf file?

Answer 1

I did not find a way and the man page does not give an option for this.

I used a small shell script to create a symbolic link / soft link to the actual file I needed to change then ran the commands.

From memory something like this:

ln -s /etc/wpa_supplicant/my_file.conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
wpa_cli status