Why does wpa_supplicant start even when it's disabled

Solution Verified - Updated 2024-08-02T06:09:00+00:00 -

Issue

After updating to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 we noticed that wpa_supplicant is started on the system even when it's disabled by systemd
wpa_supplicant is starting no matter on whether the service is disabled or not

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