Bug 460542

Summary:	net-misc/networkmanager - plugin produces wpa_supplicant.conf which is not parsable by wpa_supplicant
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	igel <mathiaswe>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	AMD64
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description igel 2013-03-06 15:23:14 UTC

Networkmanager sometimes produces wifi configurations with the wpa-psk option but without password. The ifnet plugin then stores this configuration to wpa_supplicant.conf. Then, however, wpa_supplicant refuses to parse the file.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Somehow create a WPA secured network using nm-applet that does not have a password (I don't know right now how I did it...) while using the ifnet plugin
2. try to lauch wpa_supplicant with the /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf configuration
Actual Results:  
parse errors

Expected Results:  
no errors

Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-03-09 16:13:04 UTC

1) Please post your `emerge --info' output in a comment.
2) Please provide more information about the faulty configuration file (but redact sensitive information) and about your networkmanager configuration.