Default keyring for NetworkManager

[Frank Elsner]

On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:26:39 +0000 Marko Vojinovic wrote:

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> I simply want to connect to my wireless automatically upon boot and not being 
> asked for any passwords. I have also enabled autologin in kdm in order to get 
> logged in automatically (this works beautifully, btw).
> 
> So how do I make this work? Is there a way for nm-applet to store the WPA key 
> locally and not use the keyring? Is there a way to tell the keyring that nm-
> applet does not need a password to access it? I'd be happy with any option 
> that works with no typing involved.

First of all: Do not use Network Manager. 

I use wpa_supplicant with the appropriate /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf.
Note that the /etc/init.d/wpa_supplicant file must be run *before* the network 
starts. I personally usually just edit the /etc/init.d/wpa_supplicant
so that it will start before network service
(chkconfig:   - 23 88 --> chkconfig:   - 9 90) and everything works.


--Frank Elsner