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Could not connect to hostapd – re-trying in android linux

Hi all,
My android version is 6.0.1 and i make this work with WI-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) for that i followed some instruction.
I was executed some commands before that i enabled the hotspot in my phone.
The hotspot working fine. But, the commands are not executed properly.​

root@sabresd_6dq:/ # hostapd_cli wps_pbc
Failed to connect to hostapd - wpa_ctrl_open: No such file or directory

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root@sabresd_6dq:/ # hostapd_cli
hostapd_cli v2.5-devel-6.0.1
Copyright (c) 2004-2015, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> and contributors
This software may be distributed under the terms of the BSD license.
See README for more details.
Could not connect to hostapd – re-trying


Can anyone help to me.?
 

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