Hi Thomas, thank you for your answer and the link provided. So it seems that it is desired behavior, and that the provided password is ignored if not needed. I will then adapt my binary to provide the behavior I am expecting (password provided on open access point => no connection try initiated) About the PR you have linked, if I understand well, it provides connection mechanism with existing NetworkManager configuration (/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections) and to avoid duplicates (AP, AP 1, AP 2, AP 3, etc). I have no specific opinion about this, since my target is an embedded device with very specific application, I am used to wipe any remaining network configuration before trying to initiate a new one. But in the mean time, as a desktop version of Network Manager user, it looks like a good improvement to avoid the lot of duplicates (which I observe on my computer) Regards,
2018-06-20 17:14 GMT+02:00 Thomas Haller <[email protected]>: > On Wed, 2018-06-20 at 16:57 +0200, Alexis Lothoré via networkmanager- > list wrote: >> Hello, >> I am currently working on a Linux-based embedded device, which >> heavily >> relies on Network Manager for the connectivity side. I am using nmcli >> to manage some parts of the connectivity. The firmware is generated >> with buildroot 2018.02, so Network Manager is on version 1.10. My >> issue is the following : I have set an access point with the >> following >> parameters : SSID set to "Negative, no security, beacon interval set >> to 100, channel set to 6. >> I am trying to connect this access point with the following command : >> nmcli dev wifi connect Negative password 123456789. Since security is >> disabled on my access point, I expect this command to fail (I should >> have called "nmcli dev wifi connect Negative"). >> >> However, the connection process goes smoothly and NetworkManager >> manages to connect to my AP : > > Hi, > > > if you look at > https://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/tree/clients/cli/devices.c?id=94200b03fe483f9d0df87483fa2f30301e2b9f31#n3258 > you'll see, that the password is ignored by nmcli in case the AP has no > security. > > Whether that is a bug or intended behavior, is up for discussion. Why > would it be better to error out in this case? > > > On an unrelated note: since you are using `nmcli device wifi connect`, > have a look at > https://github.com/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/pull/137 > would that change be a problem for you? Or desired? > > > > best, > Thomas > -- Alexis Lothoré 06.51.59.81.45 _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
