[Bug 912059] New: networkmanager plasmoid shows nearly everybody connected (although it seems that only one wpa2 is correctly connected
http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=912059
Bug ID: 912059 Summary: networkmanager plasmoid shows nearly everybody connected (although it seems that only one wpa2 is correctly connected Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Distribution Version: 13.2 Hardware: x86-64 OS: openSUSE 13.2 Status: NEW Severity: Minor Priority: P5 - None Component: KDE4 Applications Assignee: kde-maintainers@suse.de Reporter: stakanov@freenet.de QA Contact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: ---
Created attachment 618858 --> http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/attachment.cgi?id=618858&action=edit wrong connection info of networkmanager plugin
Create several users. Create in user A a connection with wpa2 encryption, choose: only this user can connect. Save and connect. Look at the list of the plasmoid: it shows all available wlan as not connected and the one you created as connected.
Now change to user B or C. As you are still up with user A and you are connected, now in user B or C it should show the same as in user A. Only it should not be possible to end simply this connection or to start it. But you will be able to use it.
What happens: in B or C respectively, the list of all available stations shows up as "connected". So in theory you are connected to all wireless of the area. All? No, some do show up correctly as "not connected" but the list here is so long that I can show only the beginning of the screen-shot. The output of ifconfig and netstat seem normal. So this seems to be more an apparent than a real bug. I join a screenshot.
What should have done the program: show the correct connection information.
Screen-shot: the only "real" connection iw the one with the button disconnect. The other ssids are from the neighborhood.
http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=912059 http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=912059#c3
Stakanov Schufter stakanov@freenet.de changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version|Leap 42.3 |Leap 15.0 OS|openSUSE 42.3 |Other
--- Comment #3 from Stakanov Schufter stakanov@freenet.de --- Bringing his to Leap 15. In leap 15 the situation changed and is the following: e.g. User A Owner of the connection. Set to connect automatically. Connected to SSID snowwhite
User A NOT connected to SSID sevendwarfs
User B Not owner of the wlan connection to snowwhite nor to any other.
Situation in the networkmanager tray:
In user A: correctly shown after connect as connected to SSID snowwhite. In user A: correctly shows that A is NOT connected to sevendwarfs. vs. In user B: shown as NOT connected to ANY of the SSIDs, although shown as connected in general with signal strengh in tray. And offering the button "connect" which could induce users to press it.
When I encountered bug 1117230 (privoxy related), when I suddenly did not resolve, I checked the connections in networkmanager. Now astonishingly, limited to USER B (as of above) it did show: NOT connected to snowwhite, BUT connected to sevendwarfs? So in the indicator networkmanager gave now instead the oposite of the real connection, limited to user B, although in user A the correct SSID was shown to be connected. This seems to be in relation with trying to set up privoxy (see the bug), but I thought I would mention it.
The general valid situation is the one reported as first.
What I did encounter: networkmanager shows a connection as signal strength in the tray, but, if the user is not owner of the connection, the list of SSIDs shows all not connected. Sometimes, limited to that user, it even showed the wrong SSID connected (but was yet a limited case).
What the software should have done: network manager should show the list with the correct SSID connected. Not connected SSIDs should be shown as not connected. SSIDs should not be inverted within the list. I am unsure if there should be a button offered for the connected SSID. IMO, if ever, there should be a button called disconnect, and then the user should be asked for the root password, as user B in our example is not owner(!) of the connection.
http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=912059
Stakanov Schufter stakanov@freenet.de changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary|networkmanager plasmoid |networkmanager plasmoid |shows nearly everybody |shows incorrectly the |connected (although it |active connection. |seems that only one wpa2 is | |correctly connected |
http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=912059 http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=912059#c4
Stakanov Schufter stakanov@freenet.de changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |RESOLVED Resolution|--- |FIXED
--- Comment #4 from Stakanov Schufter stakanov@freenet.de --- Seems to be fixed in 15.2
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