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From: Johnny Utahh <mailman-wireguard.com@johnnyutahh.com>
To: wireguard@lists.zx2c4.com
Cc: Eiji Tanioka <tanioka404@gmail.com>, tormen@mail.ch
Subject: Re: WireGuard for macOS (cmdline vs GUI)
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 22:49:31 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <34c24ae1-c4b1-33ef-cf21-2c3f72db9194@johnnyutahh.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0f81834c-6f8a-57a9-1376-e6c310aa9c5e@johnnyutahh.com>

I wrote:
> The macOS wireguard-tools command line does not seem to work 
> concurrently with the GUI app

...because it's not supposed to. (sigh)  Simple updates to 
https://www.wireguard.com/install/ along with a short note for macOS 
`launchctl` (or similar gizmo for auto bootup) will help make things 
more clear. Details:

https://www.reddit.com/r/WireGuard/comments/fmn93h/how_to_display_or_manage_macos_wireguard_status/fl5xscg/?context=8&depth=9

~J


On 2020-03-21 4:45 PM, Johnny Utahh wrote:
> The macOS wireguard-tools command line does not seem to work 
> concurrently with the GUI app, at least on my system:
>
> https://www.reddit.com/r/WireGuard/comments/fmn93h/how_to_display_or_manage_macos_wireguard_status 
>
>
> Anybody know why?
>
>
> On 2020-03-07 10:18 PM, Eiji Tanioka wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> How about install wireguard-tools from Homebrew ?
>> https://www.wireguard.com/install/#macos-homebrew-and-macports-basic-cli-homebrew-userspace-go-homebrew-tools-macports-userspace-go-macports-tools 
>>
>>
>> I have not installed, it seems installing `wg`, `wg-quick` command and
>> "wireguard-go" backend.
>> I think you can use them for Connect / Disconnect from CLI.
>>
>> And,
>>> I would love to use both (GUI + CLI): No automatic connect in the GUI,
>> I'm using "On-Demand" option for automatic connect, is it appropriate
>> for your purpose?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> 2020年3月8日(日) 10:01 <tormen@mail.ch>:
>>> Dear Wireguard Team,
>>>
>>> First off, thanks a lot for the client for macOS !!
>>>
>>> Is there a possibility to issue a "Connect" / "Disconnect" command 
>>> from the command line
>>> instead of using the buttons in the GUI ?
>>>
>>> I would love to use both (GUI + CLI): No automatic connect in the 
>>> GUI, but rather automatically connect / reconnect via script (so via 
>>> command-line interface, CLI).
>>> And I don't like the idea of not using the GUI and switching to the 
>>> cli version as then I don't have the icon.
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot in advance for any hint or feedback!
>>>
>>> Tormen
>

  reply	other threads:[~2020-03-30  2:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-03-07 17:03 WireGuard for macOS tormen
2020-03-08  2:37 ` Ben Hyde
2020-03-08  4:18 ` Eiji Tanioka
2020-03-21 21:45   ` Johnny Utahh
2020-03-22  3:49     ` Johnny Utahh [this message]
2020-03-22 11:31       ` WireGuard for macOS (cmdline vs GUI) tormen
2020-03-30  2:22     ` WireGuard for macOS Jason A. Donenfeld

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