This seems to have been broken again in the Jaunty release. The only update I can see coming through was libnm-util 0.7.1~rc4.1
If I get a ninute I will try and see what is going wrong. -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 2009/4/9 Dan Williams <[email protected]>: > On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 17:25 -0700, Harald Rudell wrote: >> Hello, >> >> using the nm-applet 0.7.0 and network manager 0.7, you may end up in a >> situation where each saved WPA password becomes garbled >> >> this can happen when >> 1. you delete the default key ~/.gnome2/keyrings/login.keyring, and >> gnome recreates it automatically >> 2. maybe when changing passwords >> 3. update Ubuntu to 8.10 >> >> symptom is: >> network manager tries to connect to wpa networks, and an entered >> password becomes a 64-character string >> (the password is garbled when nm tries to save it to the keyring) > > The passphrase gets hashed to the actual hex key, which is what's > actually used to connect. However, that should be fine, because NM > won't *rehash* it once it's already hashed. > >> verify the issue after it occured: >> 1. in Gnome start nm-connection-editor from command line or right >> click nm-applet icon and select Edit connections >> 2. select Wireless tab, click Add, enter a in SSID field, select >> Wireless Security tab, select WPA personal security, enter password >> "abcdefgh", click OK >> 3. select your created connection, click Edit, select Wireless >> Security tab, check Show Password >> BUG: the password is a 64 character string >> EXPECTED: the password abcdefgh > > Actually, the hashed password is currently expected. Since hashing is > one-way, the passphrase is pretty much lost. Yes, I'd like to fix that > because it confuses a heck of a lot of people. > > If the connection fails, is the hashed password shown in the box always > the same, or does it keep changing? > > Dan > >> cause: network manager has incorrect encryption data >> fix: unknown (it only applies to your login) >> get-around: edit the created key using: >> Applications-Accessories-Passwords, select passwords tab, select your >> connection, click properties, modify the password >> >> Could someone help with either how to get on the right side of network >> manager, or a way to troubleshoot this through pam libraries and what >> not. perhaps the fix is to reinstall network manager? >> >> Thanks in advance for any help >> >> H >> _______________________________________________ >> NetworkManager-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > > _______________________________________________ > NetworkManager-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
