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Pena

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Registered: 2019-10-04

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Problems with the NetworkManager forgetting every single password

Well im sick of tipping manually every single password
and although i think it hasnt erased the list of them
it still asks me for the passwords every single time i connect to a wireless network

it started once i updated arch a few weeks ago

Pena

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Re: Problems with the NetworkManager forgetting every single password

nov 20 08:30:16 micron plasmashell[1488]: plasma-nm: Requesting wifi scan on device "wlp3s0"
nov 20 08:30:16 micron plasmashell[1488]: kf.plasma.core: findInCache with a lastModified timestamp of 0 is deprecated
nov 20 08:30:16 micron plasmashell[1488]: file:///usr/lib/qt/qml/org/kde/plasma/extras/ExpandableListItem.qml:314: TypeError: Cannot read property 'width' of null
nov 20 08:30:32 micron kded5[1447]: plasma-nm: Unhandled active connection state change:  1
nov 20 08:30:32 micron kded5[1447]: plasma-nm: Unhandled active connection state change:  1
nov 20 08:30:32 micron kded5[1447]: plasma-nm: virtual NMVariantMapMap SecretAgent::GetSecrets(const NMVariantMapMap&, const QDBusObjectPath&, const QString&, const QStri>
nov 20 08:30:32 micron kded5[1447]: plasma-nm: Path: "/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/2"
nov 20 08:30:32 micron kded5[1447]: plasma-nm: Setting name: "802-1x"
nov 20 08:30:32 micron kded5[1447]: plasma-nm: Hints: ()
nov 20 08:30:32 micron kded5[1447]: plasma-nm: Flags: 5

this is what i caught on the journal but i think there was "another log" if i find it ill post it

V1del

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Re: Problems with the NetworkManager forgetting every single password

Plasma NM relies on kwallet to store per user passwords. Is that configured properly?

Pena

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Re: Problems with the NetworkManager forgetting every single password

Plasma NM relies on kwallet to store per user passwords. Is that configured properly?

that explains a lot since it broke at the same time
im already changing to i3 so if you made this i3 compatible it would be nice
i think i tried disabling the wallet since it was always asking me for the password

V1del

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Re: Problems with the NetworkManager forgetting every single password

If you want to be independent of your environment you need to configure the relevant connections as "system connections" (plasma-nm has a checkbox in the relevant connection list and an option to set the password to be stored systemwide) which will store the passwords plaintext in a root-only readable directory.

If you change to nm-applet in addition with i3 you will want to setup gnome-keyring or something else implementing libsecret.

As for kwallet, disabling it will lead to various unwanted side effects, as you've noticed, if you just want to avoid it asking for your password, if it is set to the same password as your login user you can set it up so it unlocks together with your user's login https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/KDE_Wallet

Last edited by V1del (2020-11-20 10:23:13)

Pena

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Registered: 2019-10-04

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Re: Problems with the NetworkManager forgetting every single password

If you want to be independent of your environment you need to configure the relevant connections as "system connections" which will store the passwords plaintext in a root-only readable directory.

how can i achieve that? is there a manual section on it? currently i need it urgently yet i dont have to much free time

EDIT: you edited your post i saw the edited version now

Last edited by Pena (2020-11-20 10:22:59)