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[Dennis Tants <tants AT uni-bremen.de>]

Hello,

I either couldn't write the file at all, or it was not working as
expected. I run the script either via "./eduroam-linux.py" (don't know
the exact name right now) or via "python eduroam-linux.py".

Best regards,
Dennis

On 03/03/2020 10:01, Robert Grätz wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I couldn't comprehend why you need root rights to run the script. I
> tested it with very much linux distros and no root permissions were
> necessary.
>
> How did you call the script?
>
> Best regards
> Robert
>
>
> Am 03.03.20 um 09:38 schrieb Dennis Tants:
>> Hello,
>>
>> we had the same problem on different linux systems.
>> For us the problem was, that the CAT Tool can't write the file to
>> "/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections" without root permissions. So we
>> had to use sudo to be able to atleast write the file. Afterwards we
>> would just edit the corresponding permission line, to match the system
>> user. Reboot the system (just to be sure) and eduroam could be used.
>>
>> Yours sincerely,
>> Dennis Tants
>>
>> On 03/03/2020 09:16, Robert Grätz wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> the scripts works. But you shouldn't run the script with sudo
>>> permission!
>>>
>>> The script write the current user to the permission attribute
>>> (permission=user:$USER). So if he run the script with sudo, the current
>>> user is root and the script save permission=user:root.
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Robert
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 02.03.20 um 19:08 schrieb Bernd Hanitzsch:
>>>> Hello
>>>>
>>>> I did help someone to get the eduroam running under Linux (current
>>>> ubuntu 18.04.). He did download the CAT for Uni Heidelberg and did the
>>>> documented install:
>>>>
>>>> 1. $ sudo ./eduroam-linux-Universitat_Heidelberg-Standard_ab_2019.py
>>>>
>>>> -> entered all needed details correctly
>>>>
>>>> 2. Then he tried to connect to eduroam. When selecting it in
>>>> Networkmanager, he was asked again for credentials and answered them
>>>> correctly. Networkmanager tried to connect and repeated question for
>>>> password a few times but was not able to connect...
>>>>
>>>> 3. Repeated the install and tried a few other things, nothing lead
>>>> to a
>>>> solution!!!
>>>>
>>>> 4. Deep investigation did show up following:
>>>>
>>>> root@lx:/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections# ls -al
>>>> insgesamt 32
>>>> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mär  1 13:25  ./
>>>> drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Dez 27 20:04  ../
>>>> -rw------- 1 root root  563 Mär  1 13:10  eduroam
>>>> -rw------- 1 root root  408 Mär  1 13:25 'eduroam 1'
>>>> -rw------- 1 root root  417 Jan 23 20:01  xyz
>>>> -rw------- 1 root root  316 Jan  5 14:47 abc
>>>>
>>>> -> Above we are in the place where all the system connections from
>>>> NetworkManager are stored. Interestingly we see a second eduroam
>>>> config
>>>> ("eduroam 1"). This is the one which was created from
>>>> NetworkManager in
>>>> step 2 as described above and this is the problem! It should have used
>>>> the one created by CAT (just "eduroam"). But id did not. As to see
>>>> below, there is a permission line ("permissions=user:root:;") in it,
>>>> which is just wrong in this case!!! Either it shall be the proper user
>>>> instead root, or just be left empty after the equal sign!!!
>>>>
>>>>   root@lx:/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections# diff eduroam
>>>> eduroam\ 1
>>>> 2,3c2,3
>>>> < id=eduroam
>>>> < uuid=66ccefa4-4211-4bb1-9e18-1b428a219214
>>>> ---
>>>>> id=eduroam 1
>>>>> uuid=5d62fafa-a648-452b-a96e-0feab7c1a727
>>>> 5c5
>>>> < permissions=user:root:;
>>>> ---
>>>>> permissions=
>>>> 7a8
>>>>> mac-address=aa:bb:cc:...
>>>> 8a10
>>>>> mode=infrastructure
>>>> 12d13
>>>> < group=ccmp;tkip;
>>>> 14,15d14
>>>> < pairwise=ccmp;
>>>> < proto=rsn;
>>>> 18,20d16
>>>>   ...
>>>>
>>>> To clean it up and get it working:
>>>> 1. $ sudo rm "/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/eduroam 1"
>>>> 2. $ sudo vi "/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/eduroam"
>>>> -> and modify the "permissions=user:root:;" to "permissions="
>>>> 3. $ sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager
>>>>
>>>> And now it shall be working just with any additional steps needed! I
>>>> would strongly suggest, that someone shall correct the CAT
>>>> (eduroam-linux-Universitat_Heidelberg-Standard_ab_2019.py). If you
>>>> need
>>>> help, just contact me.
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards
>>>>
>>>> Bernd Hanitzsch
>>>> Oerties GmbH
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