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Disable Wi-Fi

Asked by chintalvaady

Hi All,

I have a specifc requirement which i would like to implement if possible.

* Disable Wi-Fi at start up
* Wi-Fi can be enabled only after running a specific script

What i hv done so far is as follows :

I have addedd "rfkill block wifi" in /etc/rc.local--> This works but the user is again able to enable wi-fi by right clicking wi-fi icon in the Ubuntu taskbar available in top right of my display.

My specifc requirement is to ensure that "Wi-Fi" cannot be enabled any of the user interface icons or menus.

And it should be enabled only through a script which runs a command like rfkill unblock wifi

Please advise

Thanks in advance.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

You could unload the wifi driver in rc.local then have a script which they can run and add modprobe to visudo

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#2

Hi ,

first you must find which driver (module) the WiFi uses. Then you can blacklist or rmmod this module in startup and then create a script with root privileges (so the password will be needed if you want to run the script) to modprobe (load) again the module wherever you need.

Regards
 NikTh

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