FS#62145 - [network-manager-applet] 1.8.21dev+3+gb4c365b1-1 does not prompt password for eduroam

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Jürgen Feste (jf25) - Tuesday, 26 March 2019, 13:51 GMT
Last edited by David Thurstenson (thurstylark) - Sunday, 10 April 2022, 05:26 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
Eduroam is a WiFi network used at many universities in Europe with WPA2 Enterprise authentication and encryption. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduroam

I use networkmanager to manage my networks and network-manager-applet to have a graphical UI in Cinnamon. Usually, when I enable my WiFis and networkmanager detects the eduroam network, it prompts me to enter my password (see what-it-should-look-like.png). I have configured networkmanager to not save my password and ask me every time I connect (see eduroam-settings.png). However, since network-manager-applet 1.8.21dev+3+gb4c365b1-1 the prompt does no longer offer a possibility to enter my password (see what-it-does-look-like.png). When I click on connect ("Verbinden"), the connection fails.

The problem disappears after a downgrade to network-manager-applet 1.8.19dev+21+geebf7f95-1. Eduroam is the only WPA2 Enterprise network that I use. I can therefore not say whether this applies to other such WiFis, as well.

Additional info:
* package version(s)
network-manager-applet 1.8.21dev+3+gb4c365b1-1

Steps to reproduce:
- update your Arch Linux system
- configure your eduroam / WPA2 Enterprise network to ask for the password every time
- try connect to eduroam.
   what-it-does-look-like.png (16.6 KiB)
   what-it-should-look-like.png (25.9 KiB)
   eduroam-settings.png (40.7 KiB)
This task depends upon

Closed by  David Thurstenson (thurstylark)
Sunday, 10 April 2022, 05:26 GMT
Reason for closing:  None
Comment by mattia (nTia89) - Saturday, 19 March 2022, 11:06 GMT
Is this issue still valid for you?
Comment by Jürgen Feste (jf25) - Friday, 01 April 2022, 20:34 GMT
I did not try to connect to eduroam in the last months, nor do I have an eduroam wifi nearby, currently. So I don't know whether this still applies to current Arch systems.

Loading...