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[Tomasz Wolniewicz <twoln AT umk.pl>]

Hi,
   it turn out that Fedora 23 comes with Python 3 and does not even have
the python command.
We are aware that we need to detect this situation and also change the
code to have Python3 support.
Tomasz


W dniu 11.03.2016 o 10:54, Tomasz Wolniewicz pisze:
> Hi,
>   just a quick reply.
> If the config file got written then the Network Manager configuration
> must have failed. Inly in this case the config file (a
> wpa_supplicant.conf but renamed) is created and only then the user
> password gets stored in such a file. Perhaps the message should be
> explicit about that or perhaps we should drop the idea of creating this
> file altogether. In general passwords need to get stored somehow in they
> are always more-or less reversible. In this particular case with MSCAPv2
> as the internal method we could store the NT=hash instead of the actual
> password which would provide some false sense of security -. really not
> sure what is the best approach, so any suggestions form the list are
> very welcome.
>
> About this particular case - I will need to run tests on Fedora 23 and
> see if I can see a reason for failure.
>
> Tomasz
>
> W dniu 11.03.2016 o 09:50, Per Mejdal Rasmussen pisze:
>> On behalf of one of our students 
>> (jbrehi15 AT student.aau.dk)
>>  I would
>> like to forward the email below to the eduroam installer team.
>>
>> The student was not able to successfully use the eduroam installer on
>> hes PC with Fedora 23 installed (but is worked on Fedora 22
>> previously). He was able to do a manually install.
>>
>> I don't think the following is related to this issue, but I would like
>> to mention it, to make hes email easier to understand: The WIFI
>> network at Aalborg University runs an extra SSID called AAU-1x. It is
>> authenticate-wise exactly the same as eduroam. Except it only allows
>> local users. The SSID is from before eduroam existed, and connects
>> users to a more privileged network. It is our plan to either remove
>> this functionality, or use radius to switch which VLAN client connect to.
>>
>>
>> --Start of forwarded email--
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have had trouble configuring the AAU-1x (and eduroam) Wi-Fi networks
>> on my PC for a while now and would like to share some feedback with
>> you about the autoconfiguration script.
>> I am running Fedora 23 and I know it has worked previously both under
>> Fedora 22 and 23 on previous installs. I use Gnome Shell 3.18.4 as a
>> desktop manager.
>>
>> I have first tried with the given script at
>> https://cat.eduroam.org/user/API.php?action=downloadInstaller&lang=en&id=linux&profile=1969
>> (found on
>> http://www.en.its.aau.dk/instructions/wifi/aau-1x-and-eduroam/aau-1x-and-eduroam-for-ubuntu/)
>> and the one downloaded directly from eduroam site.
>>
>> I have tried to run it a lot of different times (deleting the
>> non-working generated  config files in between attempts or leaving
>> them) and none of the attempts worked.
>> Each time I try, I receive this message: %% TODO: Insert error message
>> here %% La configuration du gestionnaire de réseau a échoué.
>> Génération du fichier wpa_supplicant.conf
>> Then, it says that the output has been written to a file in:
>> ~/.cat_installer/cat_installer.conf.
>>
>> When I actually go to the directory ~/.cat_installer I see a
>> certificate and the above specified file (ca.pem and
>> cat_installer.conf, see attachments).
>>
>> No trace of the file wpa_supplicant.conf file when running `sudo find
>> / -name wpa_supplicant.conf`. Or actually, I do have results that
>> match this request but none are related to AAU's wifi or eduroam.
>>
>> As a last point, you can see in the attachment a picture showing that
>> both AAU-1X and eduroam aren't configured at all in my network
>> settings (AAU-1-DAY has been configure and has the gear icon to modify
>> settings, while the two others don't).
>>
>> Secondly, I tried configuring AAU-1x manually following both the
>> previously mentioned page and the it-wiki page (namely
>> https://it-wiki.es.aau.dk/wiki/AAU-1x_in_Ubuntu) and it finally worked
>> somehow (I had tried that multiple times before with no success).
>>
>> Since my connection problem is resolved, I don't need a special help
>> from you but I just wanted to point out this problem, hoping someone
>> will take that into account (see also the post-scriptum).
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Julien BREHIN
>> B.Sc. in Electronics and IT
>> 6th semester
>>
>>
>> PS: I had to remove my password from cat_installer.conf to send it to
>> you... Seriously, having that written in clear text in a file that's..
>> wow ! --" Not blaming you necessary, the installer script seems to be
>> written by eduroam, but still..
>> --End of forwarded email--
>>
>> Note the 3 attached files.
>>
>>

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