On 06/08/13 13:34, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 06.08.2013 14:06, schrieb Tony van der Hoff: >> Hi all, >> >> I normally run my wheezy laptop under KDE, and the network management is >> provided by NetworkManager. This generally works fine. >> >> However, When I log off the KDE session, the wireless network shuts down >> (Wired network keeps going). I suspect the wpa passwords become >> unavailable without the desktop, but this is pure guesswork. >> >> This presents a problem for overnight Cron scripts which need to contact >> a remote server. >> >> Should I abandon NetworkManageri in favour of the old ifup/ifdown and >> wpa-supplicant, or can I fix NetworkManager somehow? >> >> Any advice greatly appreciated. > > > Open nm-connection-editor and select the option "Available to all > users". Then the wpa key is stored system wide (not in the users session > keyring) and the connection persists when you log out. > Wonderful, Michael, thanks vry much; it worked!
I was a bit confused at first, as I have no "Available to all users" option, but it turned out to be called "System Connection". Anyway, it works! Cheers, Tony -- Tony van der Hoff | mailto:t...@vanderhoff.org Buckinghamshire, England | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5200f9d7.8090...@vanderhoff.org
