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Re: Where are WiFi passwords (WPA keys) stored?

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Hi,

Le mardi 06 décembre 2016 à 09:04 +0100, Robert Latest a écrit :
> Not in /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf, despite suggestions
> in
> every bit of documentation that I got my hands on. In fact, that file
> doesn't even exist on my jessie system. Nevertheless, when I
> configured the WiFi network using some GUI tool in the XFCE desktop,
> it worked. Even after a reboot, with no desktop running, I could ssh
> into the system via WiFi.
> 
> So there must be a place, somewhere, where the WiFi passowrd ist
> stored, outside the realm of some specific user. Where is it?
> 
> BTW, I did find a wpa_supplicant.conf file in some deep subdir of
> /etc/dbus-1/... (I'm not at that computer at the moment). But that is
> in some XML format that has nothing to do with the syntax described
> in
> the wpa_supplicant.conf man page, and my WPA key doesn't seem to be
> in
> there.

I am almost sure that installing a XFCE desktop also installs
NetworkManager to handle connections.

NetwokManager runs as a system service, uses wpasupplicant to connect
to WiFi, and offers a sytem tray applet (nm-applet), a GUI (nm-
connection-editor), a CLI (nmcli) and a TUI (Text User Interface -
nmtui).

Networks' configurations, including WiFi password, are stored in
/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/<config name or SSID>, and are
readable by root.

Regards,
Yvan

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Where are WiFi passwords (WPA keys) stored? Robert Latest <boblatest@gmail.com> - 2016-12-06 09:10 +0100
  Re: Where are WiFi passwords (WPA keys) stored? Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2016-12-06 11:10 +0100
  Re: Where are WiFi passwords (WPA keys) stored? Yvan Masson <yvan.masson@openmailbox.org> - 2016-12-06 11:20 +0100
    Re: Where are WiFi passwords (WPA keys) stored? Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2016-12-06 20:00 +0100
      Re: Where are WiFi passwords (WPA keys) stored? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-12-06 20:20 +0100
      Re: Where are WiFi passwords (WPA keys) stored? Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2016-12-06 20:30 +0100
      Re: Where are WiFi passwords (WPA keys) stored? Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> - 2016-12-06 20:50 +0100
  Re: Where are WiFi passwords (WPA keys) stored? Christian Seiler <christian@iwakd.de> - 2016-12-06 11:20 +0100
    Re: Where are WiFi passwords (WPA keys) stored? Robert Latest <boblatest@gmail.com> - 2016-12-06 17:10 +0100
    Re: Where are WiFi passwords (WPA keys) stored? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-12-06 21:30 +0100
      Re: Where are WiFi passwords (WPA keys) stored? Christian Seiler <christian@iwakd.de> - 2016-12-06 23:20 +0100
        Re: Where are WiFi passwords (WPA keys) stored? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-12-07 18:30 +0100
  Re: Where are WiFi passwords (WPA keys) stored? Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@gmail.com> - 2016-12-06 12:50 +0100
  Re: Where are WiFi passwords (WPA keys) stored? Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2016-12-06 20:00 +0100

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