I wrote:
>I'd like a wifi connection to be automatically activated whenever the
>associated machine is booted. This file does the job on one machine:
>
> # cat /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/NAME.nmconnection
> [connection]
> id=NAME
> uuid=...
> type=wifi
> timestamp=...
> [wifi]
> cloned-mac-address=permanent
> mac-address-randomization=never
> mode=infrastructure
> ssid=NAME
> [wifi-security]
> key-mgmt=wpa-psk
> psk=PASSWORD
> [ipv4]
> method=auto
> [ipv6]
> addr-gen-mode=stable-privacy
> method=auto
> [proxy]
>
>However, on two others the connection does not come up. Trying after boot
>from the command line, I see:
>
> # nmcli c up NAME
> Push of the WPS button on the router or a password is required to
> access the wireless network 'NAME'.
> Warning: password for '802-11-wireless-security.psk' not given in
> 'passwd-file' and nmcli cannot ask without '--ask' option.
> Error: Connection activation failed: Secrets were required, but not
> provided
>
>If I create a password file and run,
>
> # nmcli c up NAME passwd-file NAME.pw
>
>it comes up just fine. But I can't find any way to declare that file name
>in the nmconnection file.
>
>The only obvious difference between the machines is that the one which
>works does not have a wired connection, only wifi. The other two do have
>a wired connection which does come up on boot.
>
>Note, Fedora 43 x86_64 regularly upgraded. NetworkManager version on all
>three machines is the same, NetworkManager-1.54.3-2.fc43.x86_64.
Samuel Sieb wrote:
>The "psk=PASSWORD" line is what does it. You need the password there.
As the file cat'd above shows, I have it there. Exactly the same on all
three machines. For some reason on two of them, it doesn't work.
Tim wrote:
>If you prefix your command with "strace"
>e.g. strace nmcli c up NAME
>you may be able to see the filenames that it's trying to read.
I meant that the documentation for the content of the nmconnection file
does not show any way to reference a password file. And why should it,
given that it provides a way to directly enter the password in itself?
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