It's still unfixed in 12.04. Aall my EAP passwords are plainly visible in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections, whereas the VPN passwords are correctly stored in my personal keychain.
This is a major security problem for me too, as my EAP password is not only used for Wifi authentication. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/41134 Title: Does not store WPA-Enterprise password in keyring Status in NetworkManager: Fix Released Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “network-manager” package in Baltix: Invalid Bug description: It appears to store the password in plaintext in gconf at this time, unlike WPA-PSK or WEP. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/network-manager/+bug/41134/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
