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#1 2013-10-23 08:54:42

orschiro
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[solved] NetworkManager does not store Eduroam password

For some reasons NetworkManager (used in a Cinnamon session) is not storing my password of my Eduroam account.

This is how the interface looks like: http://i.imgur.com/dL3QwOk.png

Whenever I am typing in my Password and click on Save, the next time I open the interface again, I have to retype in the password.

I set up NetworkManager by installing the following packages and activating the NetworkManager.service file.

[orschiro@thinkpad ~]$ pacman -Q | grep network
glib-networking 2.38.1-1
network-manager-applet 0.9.8.4-2
networkmanager 0.9.8.8-1
networkmanager-dispatcher-crashplan-systemd 1.0-2
networkmanager-dispatcher-dropbox-systemd 1.0-1
networkmanager-dispatcher-ntpd 1.0-6
networkmanager-openvpn 0.9.8.4-1
networkmanager-pptp 0.9.8.4-1

Could anyone give me a hint what may be causing this issue?

Last edited by orschiro (2014-01-15 19:35:08)

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#2 2013-10-23 11:19:43

IsSuE
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Re: [solved] NetworkManager does not store Eduroam password

Do you have any other network managing software running (netctl, wicd, etc)?
Ran into the same trouble after installing from archboot (enabled netctl after install)

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#3 2013-10-23 15:50:39

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Re: [solved] NetworkManager does not store Eduroam password

No other network managing software. At least not that I am aware of.

More surprisingly all other secured networks store my password but simply not the Eduroam one.

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#4 2013-10-23 21:05:57

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Re: [solved] NetworkManager does not store Eduroam password

Hi there! (Guess who)

Ok, so I have Cinnamon 2.0 setup with networkmanager and gnome-keyring installed and I don't have problems with storing Eduroam passwords.


Claire is fine.
Problems? I have dysgraphia, so clear and concise please.
My public GPG key for package signing
My x86_64 package repository

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#5 2013-10-25 06:12:46

orschiro
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Re: [solved] NetworkManager does not store Eduroam password

Hi clfarron4,

So let me ask. How do you start cinnamon and how do you initialise gnome-keyring?

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#6 2013-10-25 18:39:57

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Re: [solved] NetworkManager does not store Eduroam password

I actually use gdm-old from the AUR as a Display Manager.

As for gnome-keyring, I think I just installed it and viola, it worked.


Claire is fine.
Problems? I have dysgraphia, so clear and concise please.
My public GPG key for package signing
My x86_64 package repository

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#7 2013-10-26 08:13:17

Strike0
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Re: [solved] NetworkManager does not store Eduroam password

I remember reading a report about a similar issue with NM that went away after deleting the profile completely ("forget network" in GUI) and just re-creating it.

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#8 2013-10-26 13:03:26

orschiro
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Re: [solved] NetworkManager does not store Eduroam password

@Strike0

I tried this already. It doesn't change anything. These are the logs:

[orschiro@thinkpad ~]$ sudo systemctl status NetworkManager
NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Fr 2013-10-25 17:01:12 CEST; 22h ago
 Main PID: 455 (NetworkManager)
   CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
           └─455 /usr/bin/NetworkManager --no-daemon

Okt 26 15:01:07 thinkpad NetworkManager[455]: <info> Activation (wls1/wireless): access point 'eduroam' has security, but secrets are required.
Okt 26 15:01:07 thinkpad NetworkManager[455]: <info> (wls1): device state change: config -> need-auth (reason 'none') [50 60 0]
Okt 26 15:01:07 thinkpad NetworkManager[455]: <info> Activation (wls1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Okt 26 15:01:07 thinkpad NetworkManager[455]: <warn> No agents were available for this request.
Okt 26 15:01:07 thinkpad NetworkManager[455]: <info> (wls1): device state change: need-auth -> failed (reason 'no-secrets') [60 120 7]
Okt 26 15:01:07 thinkpad NetworkManager[455]: <info> NetworkManager state is now DISCONNECTED
Okt 26 15:01:07 thinkpad NetworkManager[455]: <info> Marking connection 'eduroam' invalid.
Okt 26 15:01:07 thinkpad NetworkManager[455]: <warn> Activation (wls1) failed for connection 'eduroam'
Okt 26 15:01:07 thinkpad NetworkManager[455]: <info> (wls1): device state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none') [120 30 0]
Okt 26 15:01:07 thinkpad NetworkManager[455]: <info> (wls1): deactivating device (reason 'none') [0]

Could it be an issue because I am launching cinnamon through cinnamon-session in xinitrc instead of a display manager?

Furthermore, I only have installed gnome-keyring but do not start it explicitly. However, shouldn't it also work without gnome-keyring or is it a required dependency for NetworkManager?

Last edited by orschiro (2013-10-26 13:05:09)

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#9 2013-10-26 17:22:36

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Re: [solved] NetworkManager does not store Eduroam password

gnome-keyring is not a dependency of NM. I have no experience with cinnamon, maybe someone else can give you input there.

Have a look at the first post: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=702608

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#10 2014-01-15 19:07:07

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Re: [solved] NetworkManager does not store Eduroam password

I just came across this exact problem myself, and I thought I'd share this for others encountering this issue.

Installing gnome-keyring did solve the issue. It isn't an explicit dependency for NM, however it is needed in some cases.

via https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ne … disconnect

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#11 2014-03-29 06:34:08

morlin
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Re: [solved] NetworkManager does not store Eduroam password

Sorry for posting in solved thread, just wanted to share a workaround I found to connect to eduroam (and other WPA-PEAP networks) with NetworkManager without gnome-keyring:
in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/eduroam changing "password-flags=1" to "password=[user password]" seems to do the trick

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