Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: network-manager


Ubuntu 8.10
kernel: 2.6.27-9.19
network-manager: 0.7

In Intrepid Ibex, I cannot connect to a wpa-psk network with hidden
ssid, using the following method:

1. Select menu option "Connect to a hidden network"
2. Specify the Network name (ssid)
3. Select "WPA2 Personal" (there is no "WPA Personal" in the list)
4. Specify password
5. Connect

The Network manager tries to connect but fails, and asks for a password,
again and again.

I found the same problem in Ubuntu Answers: 
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/56033
and a workaround at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1010650, but I 
found nothing similar in Ubuntu launchpad.

I guess, there are 2 problems:
1. If I check the option "show password", my password is substituted by a hex 
string
2. the connect settings are modifed. I can watch the settings in the 
gconf-editor (System/Networking/Connections)

NM-Manager writes

group       [wep40,wep104,tkip,ccmp]
key-mgmt    wpa-psk
name        802-11-wireless-security
pairwise    [tkip,ccmp]
proto       [wpa,rsn]

If I change the settings to:

group       [tkip]
key-mgmt    wpa-psk
name        802-11-wireless-security
pairwise    [tkip]
proto       [wpa]

and reboot the system, then it is possible to connect to this hidden
network.

** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Intrepid: Network-Manager overwrites WPA settings
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/326861
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