Re: nm-connection-editor forgets WPA password

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Tue, 2016-06-07 at 19:29 +0200, Thomas Haller wrote:
> On Tue, 2016-06-07 at 19:10 +0200, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> > I get problems when trying this with both nm-connection-editor and
> > gnome-control-center, so it's probably a problem in the common
> > code.
> >
> > 1. Connect to a known wireless network with WPA/WPA2 Personal
> > authentication
> > 2. Once connected, edit the connection
> > 3. In "Wi-Fi Security" select "Dynamic WEP", then "Tunneled TLS" as
> > the
> > authentication, enter bogus values in "anonymous identity",
> > "username"
> > and password". Tick the "No CA certificate is required" checkbox.
> > 4. "nmcli connection down <connection id>"
> > 5. "nmcli connection up <connection id>" (you can press Ctrl+C when
> > you're bored)
> > 6. Re-edit the connection
> > 7. Select WPA/WPA Personal in "Wi-Fi Security", and put in the
> > actual
> > Wi-Fi password
> > 8. Run "nmcli connection up <connection id>" again
> >
> > "
> > Passwords or encryption keys are required to access the wireless
> > network 'test'.
> > Warning: password for '802-11-wireless-security.psk' not given in
> > 'passwd-file' and nmcli cannot ask without '--ask' option.
> > "
> >
> > It will then ask for the password in a loop, and never allow
> > connection.
> >
> > Ideas? Do you prefer this being filed in bugzilla?
>
>
> could this be
> https://git.gnome.org/browse/network-manager-applet/commit/?id=c21d56
> dd22057103c8125a49307b4ff47b5b644d

No, that's already in my tree. It asks for a password repeatedly, even
when it is correct. I think that NetworkManager might think it's a
different kind of connection compared to what nm-connection-editor
thinks.