-------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Aaron Konstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Leap authentication problem in NM.- once again Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:53:06 -0500
On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 22:49 -0400, Dan Williams wrote: > On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 15:14 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 13:23 -0400, Darren Albers wrote: > > > On 7/5/07, Aaron Konstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2007-07-02 at 15:18 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > > > I am using NetworkManager-0.6.5-6.fc7 on F7 but it is not working > > > > > properly. > > > > > > > > > > When I set up a WEP authentication I am asked to enter the id number > > > > > of > > > > > the Access point then I am asked for a passwd phrase which when > > > > > entered > > > > > causes the connecton to be made. > > > > > > > > > > When I subsequently login I am asked for the passwd phrase; which when > > > > > entered proceeds to make the connection. > > > > > > > > > > When I choose LEAP authentication I am asked for a login and passwd. > > > > > Then I am asked for a passwd phrase (which I don't remember happening > > > > > in > > > > > earlier LEAP authentication.) The connection is then made. > > > > > > > > > > Subsequently when I login to the machine I am not asked for a passwd > > > > > phrase and the NM-applet keeps searching endlessly for a connection. > > > > > > > > > > Something is wrong. Could someone either confirm that this is a error > > > > > in > > > > > the program or tell me how to make it work? > > > > > > > > I don't know why complex questions can get answered but simple ones do > > > > not, so let me try again. > > > > > > > > Is LEAP authentication using NM supposed to ask you for a password at > > > > the end of the configuration process? It is happening and it screws > > > > things up as described above. > > > > > > > > If you want a bugzilla I will file one. > > > > -- > > > > ======================================================================= > > > > Well, Jim, I'm not much of an actor either. > > > > ======================================================================= > > > > Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Probably because not many people who lurk here answering questions > > > have used LEAP so they don't know the answer... > > > > > > Is the second request for a passphrase your keyring passphrase? > > > > Yes it is? Ok maybe it is time for a bugzilla. The developer of this > > capability must know how it is supposed to work, It used to work in an > > earlier NM version. > > My guess is that it was the patch that made WPA[2] Enterprise > certificate stuff stop asking for passwords in applet-dbus-info.c, > nmi_dbus_get_key_for_network(). That changed the password request > logic, possibly for the worse with LEAP. What exactly are your LEAP > options, just user and password, right? > > Dan > I am asked for a user and passwd. Then I am asked for a passphrase. But no request ever appears on login asking me to enter the passphrase. It is frustrating I am sure for both of us. This used to work in the Unstable version last September. Should I post the syslog entries as Darren Albers asked for or is it time for a bugzilla? -- ======================================================================= A true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than work at anything but his art. -- Shaw ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ======================================================================= "Gort, klaatu nikto barada." -- The Day the Earth Stood Still ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
