On Mon, 2026-02-23 at 18:01 -0800, Dave Close wrote: > However, on two others the connection does not come up. Trying after boot > from the command line, I see: > > # nmcli c up NAME > Push of the WPS button on the router or a password is required to > access the wireless network 'NAME'. > Warning: password for '802-11-wireless-security.psk' not given in > 'passwd-file' and nmcli cannot ask without '--ask' option. > Error: Connection activation failed: Secrets were required, but not > provided > > If I create a password file and run, > > # nmcli c up NAME passwd-file NAME.pw > > it comes up just fine. But I can't find any way to declare that file name > in the nmconnection file.
If you prefix your command with "strace" e.g. strace nmcli c up NAME you may be able to see the filenames that it's trying to read. -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 4 14:43:51 UTC 2024 x86_64 (yes, this is the output from uname for this PC when I posted) Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list. -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new
