Re: secret not stored in keyring anymore

["Patryk Zawadzki" <patrys pld-linux org>]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
<qrczak knm org pl> wrote:
> 2008/9/13 Alban Browaeys <alban browaeys gmail com>:
>
>> http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/network-manager-applet?view=revision&revision=875 prevents the storage of secrets in the keyring as :
>> copy_one_setting_value_to_gconf in
>> network-manager-applet/src/gconf-helpers/gconf-helpers.c
>> calls nm_gconf_add_keyring_item if a secret is to be handled.
>
> Does this mean that I should wait with buying a GSM modem, or
> network-manager will not remember the PIN until this is fixed?
>
> Will network-manager set up a connection requiring a secret without an
> X session? If yes, how to achieve that, and where is the PIN stored in
> this case? Is this documented somewhere?

NetworkManager is a daemon and has no UI of its own. It's up to the
client to provide the daemon with necessary information to establish a
connection (PIN, WEP key, WPA secret etc.).

What you are looking for is a command-line client for NM.

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Patryk Zawadzki