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Linuxxon

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Registered: 2013-09-04

Posts: 1

netctl with wpa profiles error

I'm getting errors whenever I try to use netctl to connect to the wireless network eduroam at my university.

I can with no trouble use wifi-menu to connect to open/unprotected networks but I'm having trouble with the wpa protected networks.

I've setup a profile in /etc/netctl/ from the /etc/netclt/examples/wireless-wpa-configsection that looks like this:

Description='Eduroam-profile for <user>'
Interface=wlp2s0
Connection=wireless
Security=wpa-configsection
IP=dhcp
WPAConfigSection=(
 'ssid="eduroam"'
 'proto=RSN'
 'key_mgmt=WPA-EAP'
 'pairwise=CCMP'
 'auth_alg=OPEN'
 'eap=PEAP'
 'identity="myUsername"'
 'password="myPassword"'
)

then I run netctl start eduroam and get this message in return

[linuxxon@LinussonLaptop netctl]$ sudo netctl start eduroam
Job for netctl@eduroam.service failed. See 'systemctl status netctl@eduroam.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.

And this is the output from running journalctl -xn

[linuxxon@LinussonLaptop netctl]$ journalctl -xn
Hint: You are currently not seeing messages from other users and the system.
      Users in the 'systemd-journal' group can see all messages. Pass -q to
      turn off this notice.
-- Logs begin at Thu 2013-08-15 16:40:43 CEST, end at Fri 2013-08-23 00:02:39 C
Aug 15 16:40:43 LinussonLaptop su[256]: pam_unix(su:auth): authentication failu
Aug 15 16:40:45 LinussonLaptop su[256]: FAILED SU (to linuxxon) linuxxon on non
Aug 15 16:40:57 LinussonLaptop su[257]: (to linuxxon) linuxxon on none
Aug 15 16:40:57 LinussonLaptop su[257]: pam_unix(su:session): session opened fo
-- Reboot --
Aug 16 16:59:06 LinussonLaptop sudo[3466]: pam_unix(sudo:auth): authentication 
Aug 16 18:33:54 LinussonLaptop sudo[3780]: pam_unix(sudo:auth): authentication 
Aug 16 22:09:19 LinussonLaptop sudo[5536]: pam_unix(sudo:auth): conversation fa
-- Reboot --
Aug 18 21:26:01 LinussonLaptop sudo[550]: pam_unix(sudo:auth): authentication f
-- Reboot --
Aug 23 00:02:39 LinussonLaptop sudo[1368]: pam_unix(sudo:auth): authentication 
...skipping...
-- Logs begin at Thu 2013-08-15 16:40:43 CEST, end at Fri 2013-08-23 00:02:39 C
Aug 15 16:40:43 LinussonLaptop su[256]: pam_unix(su:auth): authentication failu
Aug 15 16:40:45 LinussonLaptop su[256]: FAILED SU (to linuxxon) linuxxon on non
Aug 15 16:40:57 LinussonLaptop su[257]: (to linuxxon) linuxxon on none
Aug 15 16:40:57 LinussonLaptop su[257]: pam_unix(su:session): session opened fo
-- Reboot --
Aug 16 16:59:06 LinussonLaptop sudo[3466]: pam_unix(sudo:auth): authentication 
Aug 16 18:33:54 LinussonLaptop sudo[3780]: pam_unix(sudo:auth): authentication 
Aug 16 22:09:19 LinussonLaptop sudo[5536]: pam_unix(sudo:auth): conversation fa
-- Reboot --
Aug 18 21:26:01 LinussonLaptop sudo[550]: pam_unix(sudo:auth): authentication f
-- Reboot --
Aug 23 00:02:39 LinussonLaptop sudo[1368]: pam_unix(sudo:auth): authentication 

Is there a package I might be missing, a bad configuration or something wrong in my profile?

Last edited by Linuxxon (2013-09-04 07:31:26)

jasonwryan

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Re: netctl with wpa profiles error

Please use code tags when pasting to the boards: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … s_and_Code

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From: Germany

Registered: 2011-12-23

Posts: 164

Re: netctl with wpa profiles error

Do other, simple WPA networks also fail or do they work fine? If they work, then there may be a problem with your configuration...

progandy

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Registered: 2012-05-17

Posts: 5,280

Re: netctl with wpa profiles error

Your log extract is incomplete. Yo should use "sudo journalctl -xn"

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