** Description changed: network-manager has a facility to automatically pop up a Captive Portal of a Wi-Fi network if required for access to the internet through that network. It does test accesses and on failure it triggers the pop-up. Unfortunately, this does not work in Cosmic due to an upstream bug which is fixed in a later upstream version of network-manager (in Disco the pop-up works). + + [Impact] + + Users of Cosmic who use publicly available Wi-Fi networks (in hotels, + stores, ...) with a Captive Portal (Access to an arbitrary web site + leads to a page of the Wi-Fi owner to log in or accept the terms) do not + get this log-in/accept-terms page presented automatically and if they do + not do their first internet access via a web browser but by something + else (e-mail, IRC, ...) the access simply does not work. This happens to + all users. + + [Test Case] + + With Cosmic, select a publicly available (usually unencrypted) Wi-Fi + network via the facilities of the desktop. The log-in/accept-terms page + is not automatically popped up. Access an arbitrary web site with a + browser and you see the page (instead of the site you have selected). + + With the fix applied, the log-in/accept-terms page will pop-up in a + window, as expected and so all users get aware of its presence and the + requirement to answer it. + + [Regression Potential] + + Low, as the solution is an upstream-approved fix which makes part of the + current version of network-manager.
** Description changed: network-manager has a facility to automatically pop up a Captive Portal of a Wi-Fi network if required for access to the internet through that network. It does test accesses and on failure it triggers the pop-up. Unfortunately, this does not work in Cosmic due to an upstream bug which is fixed in a later upstream version of network-manager (in Disco the pop-up works). [Impact] Users of Cosmic who use publicly available Wi-Fi networks (in hotels, stores, ...) with a Captive Portal (Access to an arbitrary web site leads to a page of the Wi-Fi owner to log in or accept the terms) do not get this log-in/accept-terms page presented automatically and if they do not do their first internet access via a web browser but by something else (e-mail, IRC, ...) the access simply does not work. This happens to all users. [Test Case] With Cosmic, select a publicly available (usually unencrypted) Wi-Fi network via the facilities of the desktop. The log-in/accept-terms page is not automatically popped up. Access an arbitrary web site with a browser and you see the page (instead of the site you have selected). With the fix applied, the log-in/accept-terms page will pop-up in a window, as expected and so all users get aware of its presence and the requirement to answer it. + Note 1: If you have an access point where you can activate a Captive + Portal, you can also test at home or in your office. + + Note 2: To do more than one test with one and the same client and + without methods like changing your MAC address, do not answer the + Captive Portal. Then it would simple appear again the next time you + select this network. + [Regression Potential] Low, as the solution is an upstream-approved fix which makes part of the current version of network-manager. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1817947 Title: On Cosmic, there is no automatic pop-up if a Wi-Fi network has a Captive Portal To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1817947/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
