Lightdm asks for wireless password for eduroam on each start

Bug #1390508 reported by Stefan Leitner
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
network-manager-applet (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu:
Happens on Ubuntu 14.04 amd64, Ubuntu 14.10 amd64
2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy pkgname' or by checking in Software Center
uptodate 14.10 package
3) What you expected to happen
Save the password of the wireless eduroam (PEAP/MSCHAPv2 without CA certificate) network when entered on lightdm
4) What happened instead

The problem I have is connected with my university's eduroam wireless network. When I connect to it the first time I have to choose PEAP and MSCHAPv2, when I want to save the connection it tells about the missing CA certificate, so I tell it to ignore it. This works fine but when I start up the system in lightdm I get asked to reinsert the password of the eduroam connection, but even when I insert the password and click on ignore the CA certificate message I have to do this procedure on each restart of the system.

I'm not alone with this problem: http://askubuntu.com/questions/516406/ubuntu-14-04-disable-automatic-network-connection-until-after-login / https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/1104476/comments/156 - So my problem is somehow related to this bugreport ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/1104476 ), when ignoring the CA certificate message it will connect but not save the password at the login-screen.

So how do I get rid of this nagging request at each login?

A user on askubuntu.com told me to file a bug report ( http://askubuntu.com/questions/546837/lightdm-asks-for-wireless-password-for-eduroam-on-each-start )

Stefan Leitner (s-o-l)
description: updated
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in network-manager-applet (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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