Clearly a complex problem with no simple solution. It sucks that PPP/dialup/etc autentication problems are now in the past, completely, automated etc, and now we must start all over again.
There is no simple, non-intrusive way for network manager to know that a network needs some form of authentication. But I'm thinking, maybe some daemon could be running that could detect that a redirection/authentication step had taken place. Once that occurs, it could be associated that the network requires a redirection/authentication step. When network manager connects to that network again, it would then be able to popup a browser window upon connection, allowing the user to authenticate, once the user closes the authentication window, network manager could assume that it really is connected. The problem that I have is that I'll gave gmail windows open and when firefox detects a connection through network manager, gmail will try to start talking to the server again, but the SSL certificates don't match, so I keep getting error messages. Its really difficult to click past them fast enough. _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
