hostapd is a daemon.
Some system admin tools expect init(8) and systemd(8) hooks.
Edit /etc/default/hostapd
- DAEMON_CONF=
+ # DAEMON_CONF=
+ DAEMON_CONF=/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
Edit /etc/init.d/hostapd
- DAEMON_CONF=
+ # DAEMON_CONF=
+ DAEMON_CONF=/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf