Re: Network Manager Autologin

["Pablo Martí" <pmarti warp es>]

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Alexander Sack <asac ubuntu com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 01:29:22PM +0200, Tambet Ingo wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 1:00 PM, Alexander Sack <asac ubuntu com> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 10:44:59AM +0200, Tambet Ingo wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Add a dispatcher script that runs "xdg-open $url" for a specific SSID
>> >> you need it for and you're done.
>> >
>> > Do we have per-user dispatcher scripts or are you suggesting to open
>> > the browser as root here :) ?
>>
>> Ok, you're right, but listening for a DBus signal from a user process
>> isn't all that hard either. Or do you prefer NM executing firefox
>> directly (as root) like the original mail suggested?
>>
>
> Dbus would work. However, I dont really understand the use-case this
> is supposed to cover. The browser usually redirects to the login site
> anyway? What benefit would the user by such a firefox extension?

The benefit is that the user is not redirected to the hotspot webpage,
but is logged in automatically. It might seem a silly difference, but
is a requested feature. Our customer requires WISPr/WSP capabilities
and I'm very interested in the outcome of this thread.

Pablo

>
>
>  - Alexander
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