Dan Williams wrote: > On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 23:42 -0600, Igor Chudov wrote: >> My Ubuntu 7.10 computer boots up and gets its IP address just fine >> when it is on a wired network (via DHCP). >> >> It can also connect to wireless networks, however, it requires me to >> be logged on to gnome and enter my password. >> >> I want to skip all of that and make NetworkManager connect to several >> known wifi networks automatically upon boot, even if no one logs on to >> this laptop. >> >> In Fedora, I wrote a custom script calling wpa_supplicant with a .conf >> file, but I want to integrate NetworkManager better as I like its >> reconnection abilities. >> >> So. How can I make NM connect to password protected wifi networks upon >> boot, without users logging in? >> >> How can I do it? > > It isn't possible with NM 0.6.x. I've already committed code to trunk > (0.7) for the system settings service, which will provide NM connection > information before logins, therefore providing this functionality. I'm > currently implementing the 'ifcfg' backend that will work with Fedora > and SUSE distros, and I'm going to implement a more flexible format > based on key/value pairs (essentially .ini files, really) and maps much > better to the NM connection/setting structure. Somebody from the > Debian/Ubuntu community will need to step up and write the plugin for > their distro.
Dan -- I recently started working at Canonical, working on Ubuntu Mobile. We've been having conversations recently re: the NM 0.7 planned system settings service and it's applicability to mobile devices. A couple of questions for you... 1. Does the global settings service use the keyring-daemon to store global key / passphrases? I'm working on a problem right now with a MID device that doesn't require the user to login, therefore there's no keyring setup. We also would like to avoid requiring the user to enter a keyring pw. Someone earlier today pointed me at the following gnome-keyring bug: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=386866 I'm going to try and implement this as a short-term solution. I guess what I'm wondering is whether or not the global settings service, if fully implemented on Ubuntu, would alleviate the need to create a pw-less keyring as mentioned in this bug. 2. Could you explain how the 'ifcfg' backend will work? Thanks, Tony Espy --- "Jazz isn't dead, it just smells funny." -- FZ _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
