ichase Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Greetings all, Have been trying to use Google to find this and even went to the WICD IRC channel on Freenode (which is NOT active) to find this answer. A little background. I built a computer (with Linux Mint) for a low income family. They can't afford and ISP so they use their cell phones as wifi hot spots. They got new phones but now when they try to connect via wifi hotspot they get Bad Password. The thing is, I believe because of the same sim card, it's trying to connect to the old profile. I went over and was able to connect to my phone and had no issues. So I know I need to get rid of all the old wifi profiles, but do not know what config file stores them so I can delete them and allow them to establish a new profile/connection with their new phones. Have never delt with this one before. As always, any and all help is greatly appreciated. All the best, Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 If it were Network Manager in Debian I could tell you But here's a solution specifically for Mint: You aren't really clear as to what you've done, with what privileges (root?), or what the consequences/problems are. Anyhow, try (re)moving: ~/.gconf/system/networking/ And if it doesn't work, try: /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections If it is NetworkManager related. If you played with ifconfig and other tools, take a look at: /etc/network/interfaces To be sure the changes take effect, the best option is to log out and log in again, or reboot if you changed anything in /etc . Good luck! BOLD and RED emphasis mine. Hope it helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichase Posted November 9, 2014 Author Share Posted November 9, 2014 Thanks Fran, Will have to give that a try once I can get back over there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 On the computer do you have the little wicd network icon in the system tray? If you do, click it to open the wicd gui app. If not, then go to the Menu > Internet > start wicd from there. On the gui app you will see all the connections it knows and also some it finds when it scans. At the right side of each connection there is a Delete button. Also on the gui, there is a small drop down carrot at the top right which has Preferences tab. Click on Preferences. Scroll down the Preferences page to Automatic Reconnection and uncheck the box to Automatically reconnect... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Wicd stores the passwords in /var/lib/wicd/configurations/ and /etc/wicd/wireless-settings.conf BTW NetworkManager and Wicd are two different alternatives 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Wicd stores the passwords in /var/lib/wicd/configurations/ and /etc/wicd/wireless-settings.conf BTW NetworkManager and Wicd are two different alternatives And WICD is way simpler to administrate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 I have a /home//.wicd directory on my system, but it's empty. I don't use wicd these days. I use networkmanager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Same here Eric. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 I personally use netctl as my networking manager. It is very simple to use and uses profiles. The wireless part is very easy with a ncurses menu(wifi-menu). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 I personally use netctl as my networking manager. It is very simple to use and uses profiles. The wireless part is very easy with a ncurses menu(wifi-menu). You just have to be different, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 You just have to be different, huh? Actually that is the default archlinux (and systemd) method. netctl is a CLI-based tool used to configure and manage network connections via profiles. It is a native Arch Linux project for network configuration. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/netctl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 You just have to be different, huh? Me too. I use Ceni. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Me too. I use Ceni. Ceni is a great wifi tool. I used on sidux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichase Posted November 10, 2014 Author Share Posted November 10, 2014 Thanks everyone for the GREAT advice and guidance as always. I have what I need to take care of this issue or hopefully walk her through it on the phone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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