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olocin

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Registered: 2018-01-03

Posts: 171

nmcli and gnome-keyring

How do I ask nmcli to use the secretes stored in gnome-keyring? I'm using dwm and network-manager, and keyring should be correctly unlocked by PAM when I login via .xinitrc, according to the wiki. At the moment I get

nmcli connection up <zzz>
Passwords or encryption keys are required to access the wireless network 'zzz'.
Warning: password for '802-1x.identity' not given in 'passwd-file' and nmcli cannot ask without '--ask' option.
Error: Connection activation failed: Secrets were required, but not provided

Zygote

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Registered: 2013-01-15

Posts: 77

Re: nmcli and gnome-keyring

I have the same issue. I cant figure out how to make nmcli use the gnome-keyring outside Gnome. It works fine with other applications.

olocin

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Registered: 2018-01-03

Posts: 171

Re: nmcli and gnome-keyring

I figured out it is not possible, and had to use nm-applet with some stand alone tray.