Re: NetworkManager keeps asking for secret phrase
so you say it doesn't ask for the PAM password every time you reboot ? mine keeps asking , so I went for nm-applet manual configuration. Now it doesn't show the signal strength :( On Nov 15, 2007 6:27 AM, Henry Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 14:48 +0200, Firas Swidan, PhD wrote: Hi, I am trying to connect to my WAP wireless network and NetworkManager keeps asking for the secret phrase without connecting. Is there anything specific that I need to do to stop this and make the connection? Thanks in advance, Firas. There is some confusion here. I suspect you mean WEP. If it is asking you for a secret phrase it means is is not open to anyone who connects. You need to know the (usually 40 bit or 104 bit) string that was set up on the AP. Note that 104 bits is 13 ASCII characters. Isn't it the case that the key for WEP or WPA is stored in the PAM keyring if you have PAM installed? I run Ubuntu (Gnome) so PAM is already installed, but if you run another distro/desktop and PAM isn't installed or configured then maybe it's not storing the WEP key? Once stored in PAM, then you only get asked for the PAM passphrase, but in the version of PAM supplied in Ubuntu 7.10 there is a checkbox in the passphrase dialog to always remember the PAM passphrase. --andrew ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
Re: NetworkManager keeps asking for secret phrase
On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 13:21 -0200, Matias Estrada wrote: so you say it doesn't ask for the PAM password every time you reboot ? mine keeps asking , so I went for nm-applet manual configuration. Now it doesn't show the signal strength :( My experience is that the keys are stored in the gnome-keyring and you are asked for a WEP key for example every time you logon. In NM-0.7 it is supposed to be possible to get a machine wide passwd rather than a user specific passwd but I don't know if that is operational yet. On Nov 15, 2007 6:27 AM, Henry Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 14:48 +0200, Firas Swidan, PhD wrote: Hi, I am trying to connect to my WAP wireless network and NetworkManager keeps asking for the secret phrase without connecting. Is there anything specific that I need to do to stop this and make the connection? Thanks in advance, Firas. There is some confusion here. I suspect you mean WEP. If it is asking you for a secret phrase it means is is not open to anyone who connects. You need to know the (usually 40 bit or 104 bit) string that was set up on the AP. Note that 104 bits is 13 ASCII characters. Isn't it the case that the key for WEP or WPA is stored in the PAM keyring if you have PAM installed? I run Ubuntu (Gnome) so PAM is already installed, but if you run another distro/desktop and PAM isn't installed or configured then maybe it's not storing the WEP key? Once stored in PAM, then you only get asked for the PAM passphrase, but in the version of PAM supplied in Ubuntu 7.10 there is a checkbox in the passphrase dialog to always remember the PAM passphrase. --andrew ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list -- === It was a virgin forest, a place where the Hand of Man had never set foot. === Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
RE: NetworkManager keeps asking for secret phrase
On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 14:48 +0200, Firas Swidan, PhD wrote: Hi, I am trying to connect to my WAP wireless network and NetworkManager keeps asking for the secret phrase without connecting. Is there anything specific that I need to do to stop this and make the connection? Thanks in advance, Firas. There is some confusion here. I suspect you mean WEP. If it is asking you for a secret phrase it means is is not open to anyone who connects. You need to know the (usually 40 bit or 104 bit) string that was set up on the AP. Note that 104 bits is 13 ASCII characters. Isn't it the case that the key for WEP or WPA is stored in the PAM keyring if you have PAM installed? I run Ubuntu (Gnome) so PAM is already installed, but if you run another distro/desktop and PAM isn't installed or configured then maybe it's not storing the WEP key? Once stored in PAM, then you only get asked for the PAM passphrase, but in the version of PAM supplied in Ubuntu 7.10 there is a checkbox in the passphrase dialog to always remember the PAM passphrase. --andrew ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
Re: NetworkManager keeps asking for secret phrase
On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 14:48 +0200, Firas Swidan, PhD wrote: Hi, I am trying to connect to my WAP wireless network and NetworkManager keeps asking for the secret phrase without connecting. Is there anything specific that I need to do to stop this and make the connection? Thanks in advance, Firas. There is some confusion here. I suspect you mean WEP. If it is asking you for a secret phrase it means is is not open to anyone who connects. You need to know the (usually 40 bit or 104 bit) string that was set up on the AP. Note that 104 bits is 13 ASCII characters. -- === You got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there. -- Yogi Berra === Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
Re: NetworkManager keeps asking for secret phrase
On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 14:48 +0200, Firas Swidan, PhD wrote: Hi, I am trying to connect to my WAP wireless network and NetworkManager keeps asking for the secret phrase without connecting. Is there anything specific that I need to do to stop this and make the connection? Sorry, this dupe is because I just moderated the message, but the OP joined the list before I moderated so two messages get through. Dan ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
Re: NetworkManager keeps asking for secret phrase
Firas, is it the gnome keyring or the wpa/wep key? On 11/10/07, Firas Swidan, PhD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am trying to connect to my WAP wireless network and NetworkManager keeps asking for the secret phrase without connecting. Is there anything specific that I need to do to stop this and make the connection? Thanks in advance, Firas. -- Firas Swidan, PhD Founder and CEO Olymons: Blessing Machines with Vision (TM) http://www.olymons.com ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
Re: NetworkManager keeps asking for secret phrase
What a typo. It is WPA. I have managed to solve the problem accidentally after a struggle. It seems that the F8 ships with the new open source ath5k drivers for Atheros chipset. I was trying to install and configure madwifi for the new kernel as I did till now, and it seems that it conflicted the new ath5k driver. Bottom line for whoever is having problems connecting with Atheros based wireless chipset after upgrading to Fedora 8: Remove the madwifi package (su -c yum remove madwifi kmod-madwifi kmod-madwifi-`uname -r` madwifi-kmdl-`uname -r`) and NetworkManager might work perfectly! Thanks for your efforts and help. Firas. On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 12:34 -0500, Darren Albers wrote: Firas, is it the gnome keyring or the wpa/wep key? On 11/10/07, Firas Swidan, PhD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am trying to connect to my WAP wireless network and NetworkManager keeps asking for the secret phrase without connecting. Is there anything specific that I need to do to stop this and make the connection? Thanks in advance, Firas. -- Firas Swidan, PhD Founder and CEO Olymons: Blessing Machines with Vision (TM) http://www.olymons.com ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list -- Firas Swidan, PhD Founder and CEO Olymons: Blessing Machines with Vision (TM) http://www.olymons.com ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
