Re: Auto registering connections

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Sun, 2011-11-06 at 16:03 -0500, Joseph Gunn wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I have been trying to work thru some issues. and have exhausted all resources.
> 
> I am trying to script auto-registering to open wireless interfaces. 
> 
> In short i'd like to connect to open wifi networks before i have a chance to "click" on the
> nm-applet in my tray, as i usually just need "any" net connection and i find myself in a "new" environment fairly often.
> 
> So far i am able to create, thru the DBus API, connections that represent open wireless networks. These only show up
> if i reload NetworkManager. Until the reload the connections show on disk, but not using the DBus interface. As soon as NM is restarted the connections show, and are usable.
> 
> The python examples, add-system-wifi-connection.py and list-connections.py, show this behavior.
> 
> I am using NM 0.8.1 as distributed in Debian Squeeze (0.8.1-6+squeeze1).
> 
> Anyone have a clue what i am missing?

What system config plugins do you have specified
in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf?  Where do the connections
that get created show up on disk?  Also, do the connections show up in
nm-connection-editor?

Dan