[arch-general] NetworkManager from Commandline

[Matthew Monaco]

On 05/02/2013 09:53 AM, Alex Sla wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I'm moving from KDE to Fluxbox, I want to keep using the
> NetworkManger. I have configured a lots of connection in it(WiFi /
> Cisco VPN for example). But I can't access my secrets to it.
> 
> nmcli con up uuid 7f29abd0-c0d5-4e55-8796
> Error: Connection activation failed: no valid VPN secrets.
> 
> 
> I guess, I saved them in the keyring file, how can I get access from
> the cli? Is there maybe another tool to mange the connection or
> getting access to the KDE Keyring file?
> 

You can store the secrets and paths to secret files directly in the
/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/* if you don't want to depend on a keyring.