On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 05:25 -0700, Craig White wrote: > On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 06:05 -0400, lanas wrote: > > Le jeudi, 15 Oct 2009 17:57:39 -0700, > > Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit : > > > > > sounds to me like you already stored the AP's WPA key in your stored > > > keyring and only need to enter the stored keyring password to handle > > > the authentication. > > > > Indeed. > > > > > your problem isn't network manager, it's understanding what keyrings > > > do and why they are useful (or in your case, making you crazy). > > > > > > As user... > > > > > > rm ~/.gnome2/keyrings/default.keyring > > > > The only file in that directory is named login.keyring. > > > > Is this keyring similar in concept to the KDE kwallet (I do not use > > gnome at all - all users' first sessions are in KDE, gnome never > > actually starts) ? If so, I use kwallet everyday. The nice think > > about it is that there's an initialization phase at the very beginning > > in which the user is asked to create a password. > > > > With the keyring what I find is odd, is that it seemingly uses a > > password that was never created by the user. Or, a default password I > > wouldn't try, like 'admin'. I've entered all three passwords that I > > created related to the laptop (several times to be sure I haven't made > > any typos) and none satisfied the keyring master. root, user and AP > > passwords. There are no other passwords related to this context. > > > > > that gets you back to the start. Then the next time it asks you for a > > > password for your 'keyring' - pay attention to what you enter. I think > > > if you use the same password as your login, you don't have ever enter > > > it again. > > > > So, should I delete this login.keyring file ? I'm porceeding with care > > here since this laptop is a gift and the birthday is coming near. I > > wouldn't want to screw things up badly at this point. > > > > In parallel I will try Aaron's suggestion and use the plain network > > management utility. I'd sure would like to use the latest technology, > > though as it surely is better (sarcasm, a bit). > ---- > 1. NetworkManager is a Gnome application and I think uses the gnome > keyrings anyway. I also use KDE and see the same thing as you > (.gnome2/keyrings/login.keyring) - Delete this file or simply move it > if you worry about deleting. It will be recreated the next time it asks > you for a password on NetworkManager. > > 2. Aaron is giving you nothing of usefulness. A laptop should use > NetworkManager for connecting to wireless networks...that's one of the > things that it is designed to do. I agree with the above comment . I was just answering the OP question. I should added that was not the way to go. My mistake. > > Your problem has been with not realizing that keyrings have one > password, Wireless AP's have their own password and that they are not > the same. > > Craig > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > -- ======================================================================= YOW!! The land of the rising SONY!! ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
