What pgm reads the /etc/network/interfaces file? (Installation WPA worked great! Too bad I messed with it!)

[Charles Smith]

Okay, I can add some detail to this problem.

For one thing, I think the thing I changed in NetworkManager that screwed things up was that I un-checked the Roaming-Mode box.  I thought that was an unconfigured state when nm-applet started up, but I believe now that that was the correct configuration set up by the installation system.

When I check the Roaming-Mode box, I can put in my network passphrase and I am then on the internet.

But then I get a new problem.  A dialog pops up from nowhere (I hate it that linux wants to be so much like windows) and informs me that nb-applet wants to write to the keychain, and that I need to put in the keychain password.

Well, this is neither the root password nor the current user password.  I can't find or remember it (and I don't usually forget passwords).

Can anyone tell me how I can reset the keychain password - without knowing it in advance (I *have* the root password)?



--- On Mon, 6/29/09, Charles Smith <cts.private at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Charles Smith <cts.private at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: What pgm reads the /etc/network/interfaces file? (Installation WPA worked great! Too bad I messed with it!)
> To: "not for general discussionsUbuntu user technical support" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Monday, June 29, 2009, 1:13 PM
> 
> --- On Sun, 6/28/09, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net>
> > Subject: Re: What pgm reads the
> /etc/network/interfaces file? (Installation WPA worked
> great! Too bad I messed with it!)
> > To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> > Date: Sunday, June 28, 2009, 2:49 PM
> > On 06/28/2009 01:17 PM, Derek
> > Broughton wrote:
> > > NoOp wrote:
> > > 
> > >> There are issues with NM:
> > >> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/339046>
> > >> [Wireless WPA key corrupted]
> > >> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/291260>
> > >> [seahorse does not show original wpa
> passphrase]
> > >> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=557382
> > >> [WPA password changes into hash, not
> properly
> > stored]
> > >> 
> > >> Were I you, I'd look into installing wicd...
> > > 
> > > Oh God, I hear that music playing again.  Sure
> > there are issues with 
> > > NetworkManager - but there are issues with Wicd
> too,
> > and it's not as well 
> > > supported by Ubuntu.  I see 14 bugs filed
> against
> > wicd, all but 1 one of 
> > > them still "New" - they're not getting much
> > action.  Network-manager has far 
> > > more open bugs (565) but 60% of them are getting
> > _some_ attention.
> > > 
> > > Sure, go ahead install wicd but don't expect to
> be
> > able to get much help if 
> > > it doesn't work.
> > 
> > It was a _suggestion_ to _look into installing wicd_.
> He
> > was also
> > provided with links to bugs that may, or may not,
> assist
> > him in figuring
> > out the issue with NM. There was no "music playing",
> simply
> > advise. If
> > you have something better to advise to help the OP
> sort out
> > the problem,
> > then please post it.
> 
> 
> In fact, it was right on (although I still don't have a
> solution).  These bug reports are very similar to my
> problem.
> 
> I think I'm going to try a little longer with the default
> installation for now though, unless I really can't get it to
> work.  It doesn't seem like it should be so hard...
> 
> I actually have a feeling for what's going on ... I'll bet
> that the wpa passphrase is stored somewhere else in /etc by
> the default installation, but that NetworkManager re-writes
> the /etc/network/interfaces file in a way that disconnects
> it from the original automatic authentication mechanism ...
> 
> 
> 
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