0009299: wpa_supplicant.conf on Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0009299	Kali Linux	Kali Package Bug	public	2025-09-15 16:53	2026-07-01 12:53

Reporter	llamagobeepboop	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	have not tried
Status	closed	Resolution	open

Summary	0009299: wpa_supplicant.conf on Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W
Description	The documentation (https://www.kali.org/docs/arm/raspberry-pi-zero-2-w/) says that you can add wpa_supplicant.conf to the boot partition to have it connect to a wireless network. It turns out that the feature doesn't work, at least not on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. The copy-user-wpasupplicant.sh script executes and creates the connection using nmcli, but it won't actually connect because wlan0 defaults to an unmanaged state. I'm not sure if this is a documentation issue or a setup issue, but it certainly came as a surprise to me.
Attached Files	20250915_113034.jpg (525,879 bytes) 20250915_113741.jpg (323,302 bytes)

g0tmi1k 2026-07-01 12:53 administrator ~0021825	This report has been filed against an old version of Kali. We will be closing this ticket due to inactivity. Please could you see if you are able to replicate this issue with the latest version of Kali Linux (https://www.kali.org/get-kali/)? If you are still facing the same problem, feel free to re-open the ticket. If you choose to do this, could you provide more information to the issue you are facing, and also give information about your setup? For more information, please read: https://www.kali.org/docs/community/submitting-issues-kali-bug-tracker/

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2025-09-15 16:53	llamagobeepboop	New Issue
2025-09-15 16:53	llamagobeepboop	File Added: 20250915_113034.jpg
2025-09-15 16:53	llamagobeepboop	File Added: 20250915_113741.jpg
2026-07-01 12:53	g0tmi1k	Note Added: 0021825
2026-07-01 12:53	g0tmi1k	Status	new => closed