RE: Help with adding wifi connections with python

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

On Tue, 2012-02-21 at 20:19 +0000, Jonas Vikstrom wrote:

> Ok, I figured it out by myself. No keyring needed, just the right
> properties.

Awesome.  And this would make a really great example for a BLOG post!
Hint, hint, nudge, nudge.

> In most of the examples I have found  the password is is loaded into
> 'wpa-key'. This is is not correct, at least it does not work
> in Ubuntu 11.10.
> The correct property is psk. I would love to find some more detailed
> documentation for this. It is a bit too hard.
> s_con = { 'id': 'XXX', 'uuid': '5ef2d781-1197-44eb-8744-cd78b9c07315',
> 'type': '802-11-wireless', 'autoconnect': False, 'name':
> 'connection' }
> s_wifi = { 'ssid': dbus.ByteArray("XXX"), 'mode': 'infrastructure',
> 'security': '802-11-wireless-security', 'name': '802-11-wireless' } 
> s_wsec = { 'key-mgmt': 'wpa-psk', 'psk': 'xxx', 'name':
> '802-11-wireless-security' } 
> 
> s_ip4 = { 'method': 'auto', 'name': 'ipv4' } 
> 
> con = { 'connection': s_con, '802-11-wireless': s_wifi,
> '802-11-wireless-security': s_wsec, 'ipv4': s_ip4 } 
> 
> 
> > Subject: Re: Help with adding wifi connections with python
> > From: awilliam whitemice org
> > To: networkmanager-list gnome org
> > Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:27:30 -0500
> > 
> > On Sun, 2012-02-19 at 11:02 +0000, Jonas Vikstrom wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > I am trying to move from wicd to network-manager and from a python
> > > point of view it is not easy.
> > > I have found a number of libraries but non of them works with
> Ubuntu
> > > 11.10 (nm 0.9).
> > > (the project is wireless manager for xbmc)
> > > These examples are great
> > >
> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/tree/examples/python
> > > But do not cover more then one example of security setup.
> > > I have reviewed the code for nmcli but it does not cover create
> > > connections.
> > > I am now pretty close by using this example from this list
> > > http://osdir.com/ml/networkmanager-list/2010-07/msg00107.html
> > > It exectutes fine with sudo but the password is not set. I have no
> > > clue how to find more information and I really need some examples.
> > > s_con = { 'id': 'XXX', 'uuid':
> '5ef2d781-1197-44eb-8744-cd78b9c07315',
> > > 'type': '802-11-wireless', 'autoconnect': False, 'name':
> > > 'connection' }
> > > s_wifi = { 'ssid': dbus.ByteArray("XXX"), 'mode':
> 'infrastructure',
> > > 'security': '802-11-wireless-security', 'name':
> '802-11-wireless' } 
> > > s_wsec = { 'key-mgmt': 'wpa-psk', 'wpa-key': 'xxx', 'name':
> > > '802-11-wireless-security' } 
> > > s_ip4 = { 'method': 'auto', 'name': 'ipv4' } 
> > > con = { 'connection': s_con, '802-11-wireless': s_wifi,
> > > '802-11-wireless-security': s_wsec, 'ipv4': s_ip4 } 
> > 
> > Is the password set by NetworkManager or does NetworkManager use the
> > GNOME keyring for the passwords?
> > 
> > I don't know, but I'd check that out.
> > 
> > > This is how far I am nowbefore adding functionality to create
> > > connections.
> > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17892827/xbmc/vikjon0-py-nm.py
> > > http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=119592

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