Re: Previnting "Authentication required by wireless" popup

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Thu, 2016-10-20 at 21:13 +0000, Stéphane Boucher wrote:
> Thanks for the info.
>
> The strange thing is that if I call ActivateConnection a second time,
> it works without a pop up.
>
> My scenario is:
> 1. ActivateConnection adhoc
> 2. ActivateConnection of an existing wireless setting -> FAILS
> 3. ActivateConnection as in (2) -> succeeds without popup
>
> All the settings have the correct secrets already.  Maybe it has
> something to do with switching from adhoc to infrastructure.
>
> I'll see what I can find with gdb.

The interesting pieces would be NM logs and wpa_supplicant debug
logging.  What kernel wifi driver too?

Dan

> (BTW, Ubuntu 16.04.1 as it NM 1.2.2)
>
>
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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Dan Williams [mailto:dcbw redhat com]
> Envoyé : October 20, 2016 4:34 PM
> À : Stéphane Boucher <sboucher d-box com>; networkmanager-list@gnome.
> org
> Objet : Re: Previnting "Authentication required by wireless" popup
>
> 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
>
> > STÉPHANE BOUCHER
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> > De : networkmanager-list [mailto:networkmanager-list-bounces@gnome.
> > or
> > g] De la part de Stéphane Boucher
> > Envoyé : October 20, 2016 11:35 AM
> > À : networkmanager-list gnome org
> > 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,
> >
> > STÉPHANE BOUCHER
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