On Mon, 2008-03-24 at 19:02 +1100, Richard Hayes wrote: > I am trying to connect a phone to my box. I can scan and identify both > the phone and computer but it looks like I need to create a 'shared > secret' for the wireless connection similar to a wifi link. *snip*
The answers you seek lie in /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf . > 1. How do either enable 'promiscuous' mode so I do not have any passcodes? I *think* you can do this by setting security to none. But I've never tried it and it comes along with all the obvious potential security gaffes if you do. > 2. How do I configure the passcode? I set security to auto, and set a PIN for it in the passkey option. In theory, the default setting of "user" for the security means ubuntu will pop up a dialog whenever anything tries to pair with it, but I don't think I've ever had that working. Once that's done, restart hcid with /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart , and initiate the pairing from your mobile device, entering the appropriate pin when it asks. http://www.thejoe.com/2007/05/17/bluetooth-pairing-and-tethering-in-ubuntu-feisty/ is very helpful when you're doing all this. -- Pete -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
