nmcli: no secrets were provided

br4no · 2019-09-13 20:18:26

Hello everyone!

I've recently finished a fresh new installation of archlinux + gnome. I only quite hardly remember how to setup everything around since I installed arch for the last time aprox 7 yeas ago... I came to exactly this problem, at least according to the nmcli log:

Error: Connection activation failed: (7) Secrets were required, but not provided.

I have only network manager installed, no other services to fight with.

In my case I've found the solution myself. The only thing I did is that I went to my router settings and changed SSID name from "Kralicek" to "kralicek" and voila I can connect. So, in my case the SSID cannot contain (or start with) upper case letter. I have tried also completelly different names which were starting with upper case. None of them worked and it always returned the above error. Whatever SSID starting with lower case works......

I hope that maybe I may save someones time by posting this comment even when the cause might be always different...

Can anybody explain why the naming can be an issue?

Thanks,
Bye

WorMzy · 2019-09-13 20:39:53

Don't hijack threads.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … _hijacking, my bad, I may have misjudged this.

Splitting from https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=248406.

Last edited by WorMzy (2019-09-14 09:04:10)

seth · 2019-09-14 06:52:05

That's not exactly a hijck,

In my case I've found the solution myself. The only thing I did is that I went to my router settings and changed SSID name from "Kralicek" to "kralicek" and voila I can connect. So, in my case the SSID cannot contain (or start with) upper case letter. I have tried also completelly different names which were starting with upper case. None of them worked and it always returned the above error. Whatever SSID starting with lower case works......

and from the other thread:

8月 13 13:14:12 Arch NetworkManager[3228]: <info>  [1565673252.0772] Config: added 'ssid' value 'Lawrence-lyra'

so the pattern fits.

There're no such limits to the SSID though, it's "limited" to 32 completely random bytes so if they're affected by such limitation, that'd be a NM bug,

However, the other thread doesn't really fit the provided problem description (notably the error message), but if NM has random issues w/ non-trivial SSIDs this might still be worth a shot.

WorMzy · 2019-09-14 09:03:34

You may be right, perhaps I was too quick to brand it a hijack attempt. However, I stand by the split.

I'll include a link to this topic in the original topic and retract my hijack label. Sorry for misjudging your intent, br4no.

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