Saturday, March 12, 2016

networking - nm-applet knows secrets that nmcli does not

When I connect to a wifi network automatically or by choosing it with nm-applet, and assuming I've successfully connected with WPA2 previously, the connection is fine.



If I connect by typing nmcli device wifi connect network-name, then I'm asked for the password (via nm's dialog popup box), at which point the connection succeeds.



Is there a way I can tell nmcli about the secrets that nm-applet clearly knows?




[This concerns ubuntu 17.04 but appears to be the case since ubuntu 16.04 at least.]

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