Ubuntu
network-manager package

pin length is insufficient: need to allow eight digits

Bug #339991 reported by Matthias Urlichs on 2009-03-09

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #318265: Network-Manager-Applet asks for PUK and PIN of only up to 4 digits long while these codes can be up to 8 digits long. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	network-manager (Ubuntu)	Incomplete	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: network-manager

NM allows me to enter a 4-digit PIN.

Real-world PINs may be four to eight digits.

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Victor Vargas (kamus) wrote on 2009-09-03:

Dear Matthias, what type of encryptation are you using in your wireless network? what Ubuntu version do you use? network-manager version that you are you using?

Regards

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

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Victor Vargas (kamus) wrote on 2009-09-03:

oops last paragraph have say: "network-manager that you are using" :)

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Matthias Urlichs (smurf) wrote on 2009-09-04: Re: [Bug 339991] Re: pin length is insufficient: need to allow eight digits

I use standard Jaunty.

The SIM card in my GSM modem has its PIN set to 12345. The "PIN code
required" dialog only has a four-digit entry field and does not accept
more than that. This problem makes this particular SIM card unusable.

Yeah, I could pop the card into any borrowed mobile phone and change the
PIN to something four digits long, but that's a very ugly workaround for
a problem that can be fixed trivially.