On Thu, 2015-07-09 at 08:30 -0600, Preston Price wrote: > Would it be possible to write a small script/app that would interface > directly with the dbus and send the correct information/settings to > network-manager?
Yes, it certainly would. There are a bunch of examples here: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/tree/examples so after picking your favorite language, something to do what you want should be fairly straightforward. Happy to help point you in the right direction once you've done that; there isn't a single script here that'll do what you want, but pieces of a couple will work. Dan > On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 8:15 AM, Dan Williams <d...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, 2015-07-08 at 16:17 -0600, Preston Price wrote: > > > System details: > > > Ubuntu 14.04 > > > nmcli v. 0.9.8.8 > > > > > > I've spent the afternoon Googling and I'm out of ideas. > > > It appears that there is no way to connect to a hidden SSID from nmcli. > > > > > > If I, for example try: > > > *$ sudo nmcli dev wifi con '<SSID>' password '<Password>' name 'hidden > > AP'* > > > > > > I get an error response: > > > *$ Error: No network with SSID '<SSID>' found.* > > > > > > I can use the network manager applet to create/connect to this hidden AP, > > > but I need a non-GUI/command-line-only solution. I don't see any other > > > appropriate options/flags to set in the nmcli command. > > > > > > Is there some secret sauce I'm missing? > > > > I don't think you're missing anything; this just seems like a deficiency > > in nmcli. One thing you could try instead (while the bug gets fixed) is > > to create the connection once, set the "wireless.hidden" property to > > true, and then 'nmcli con up <connection name>". > > > > Also note that 'nmcli dev wifi connect' will create a new connection > > each time (I think), so after the first time you connect successfully, > > you can just use "nmcli con up <name>" instead. > > > > I filed https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=752173 for this > > issue. > > > > Thanks! > > Dan > > > > _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list networkmanager-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
