Wireless Network Key

[Leo Cacciari]

Il giorno mer, 06/08/2008 alle 10.06 -0400, Mark Haney ha scritto:
> Greg Lindstrom wrote:
> > Is there a way for me to enter my wireless network key so that I do
> > not need to enter it each time I connect?  I'm running version 8.04.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > --greg
> > 
> 
> Bash is your friend.  Just write a small shell script that includes the 
> key.  I do that for most of my wireless connections.
> 
> But be warned, that's a potential security risk, so lock that script 
> down tight.
> 
> 
This is excessively bad advice, and you even tell why it is bad. This is
done already by the gnome network manager. If n-m is installed and it
does not work, then it is another problem, but normally in ubuntu
wireless network works like that out of the box.

By the way, your is bad advice even if the OP has not n-m installed and
does not wish to install it, as then standard scripts like if-up
*already* have a much more secure (well, less insecure at least) way to
do that by writing the key in the 
/etc/network/interfaces file


Enjoy
-- 
Leo Cacciari
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