Still occuring in 14.04. According to this upstream:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=539915 and <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpasupplicant/+bug/352118> This bug should have been fixed in 2011. $ apt-cache policy wpasupplicant wpasupplicant: Installed: 2.1-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 2.1-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 2.1-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status $ cat /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.service [D-BUS Service] Name=fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant Exec=/sbin/wpa_supplicant -B -P /run/sendsigs.omit.d/wpasupplicant.pid -u -s -O /var/run/wpa_supplicant User=root ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #539915 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=539915 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/578431 Title: wpa_supplicant spams syslog To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpasupplicant/+bug/578431/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs