Command Line

Documentation / CyNetwork

• Overview of CyNetwork
  • What It Does
  • What It Is Not
• Using CyNetwork
  • Monitor And Link
  • Demo Versus Live
  • Configure And Apply
  • Tray Status
  • When NetworkManager Owns The Box
  • Headless Wi-Fi On A Twin
• Command Line
  • Open The Panel
  • Probe, Stage, Scan
  • Live WPA Without Motif
• Copyright

Command Line

cynetwork is the Motif network panel, plus a few headless probes for scripts and twin boxes. Day-to-day use is the window; the flags below open a face, stage a plan, or talk to wpa without Motif.

cynetwork
cynetwork --configure
cynetwork --tray

Open The Panel

• cynetwork -- start on Monitor (Demo mode)
• --demo -- Demo mode (default): stage only, never /etc
• --live -- intend Live Apply (still needs control on and no conflict)
• --configure -- open the Configuration tabs
• --link -- open the Link-layer status page
• --tray -- FreeDesktop tray status icon (read-only; needs a tray host)

Probe, Stage, Scan

Headless helpers that print and exit:

• --probe -- run netprobe and print its key=value output
• --dump-cfg -- print the parsed configuration / stage plan
• --dryrun -- write the Demo stage tree and print its path
• --scan [IFACE] -- Wi-Fi scan (wpa_cli or iw); optional interface name
• --selftest -- parser / generator / apply-validate checks
• -h, --help / -V, --version

cynetwork --probe
cynetwork --scan wlan0
cynetwork --dryrun

Live WPA Without Motif

For twins and scripts. No Motif required. Stages surgical wpa.intent only (no dhcpcd/resolv smash).

• --wpa-list -- list networks in the host wpa_supplicant.conf
• --wpa-live --ssid SSID -- dry-run merge preview (default)
• --wpa-live ... --yes -- real install via passwordless doas/sudo + cynetwork-apply (always backs up to *.cynetwork-bak)

Modifiers for --wpa-live:

• --psk PASS -- passphrase (visible in ps; prefer env instead)
• --identity USER -- EAP identity when needed
• --iface IF -- Wi-Fi interface (else probe picks one, else wlan0)
• --hidden -- mark the SSID hidden

Secret order: CYNETWORK_PSK in the environment is preferred; --psk is accepted but shows up in process listings.

cynetwork --wpa-list
CYNETWORK_PSK='secret' cynetwork --wpa-live --ssid LabNet --yes

Privilege And Helpers

Live host installs go through cynetwork-apply with a fixed basename list. wpa-intent.sh edits host wpa_supplicant.conf surgically. There is no setuid binary and no long-lived root network daemon.

See Also

• Using CyNetwork
• Overview of CyNetwork