wpa_supplicant and dhcpcd services

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g4wsz
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wpa_supplicant and dhcpcd services

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I've noticed that Pi-Star (v4.1.4 at least) has both "wpa_supplicant.service" AND "dhcpcd.service" enabled.

However, the dhcpcd service tends to launch its own wpa_supplicant as part of making a wifi network connection. This results in error messages as the second instance tries to create its service socket.

I have tried disabling the main wpa_supplicant service and the system seems still to work OK.

Does Pi-Star need both services running?

Thanks in advance,
Steve G4WSZ
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