Re: Previnting "Authentication required by wireless" popup

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Thu, 2016-10-20 at 19:48 +0000, Stéphane Boucher wrote:
> Where in the NM code is the nm-applet contacted ?

It ends up in src/settings/nm-settings-connection.c which calls the
NMAgentManager in src/settings/nm-agent-manager.c
at nm_agent_manager_get_secrets(), which loops through registered
agents (like applets in the user session).

Typically your application would include the secrets it already has
when creating the connection, and make sure to set no flags on the
secrets.  That causes NM to store them in system settings (in
/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections) and to use that secret instead
of asking the user.

However, it looks like NM might ask the user for an updated password if
the existing one is known to be incorrect.

Dan

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> Envoyé : October 20, 2016 11:35 AM
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> Objet : Previnting "Authentication required by wireless" popup
>
> Is there anyway to avoid this popup?
>
> I have an application that has to activate a given wireless setup via
> the NetworkManager without human intervention, so I’d need to prevent
> this popup from showing up.
>
> (I’m on Ubuntu 16.04.1)
>
> Thanks,
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