On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Slokunshialgo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I've been looking into making an addition to NetworkManager to > automatically authenticate to networks with a web-based login process. > For example, you go to a cafe and they have a paid hotspot, you would > connect to the wifi, open a browser, and enter a username & password. > The idea is to automatically do then when connecting to the network. > > The basic idea thus far is to use d-bus to connect NM to a Firefox > extension (starting it if need be) and pass a saved username and > password. This extension would then use different things in Firefox to > login to the page, passing back success or failure. > > Does anybody have any suggestions, or any problems with the proposed > idea?
Yes, you are crossing the layers in a horrible way. It's like making kernel launch F-Spot when a camera is connected. I think the proper way to do this would be for some user session tool to listen for the connected signal emitted by NM. -- Patryk Zawadzki _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
