wpa_cli status fails when NetworkManager controlls WiFi

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • wpa_cli fails to connect to wpa_supplicant
# wpa_cli status
Failed to connect to non-global ctrl_ifname: (nil)  error: No such file or directory

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7

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