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    [4.1 unstable] Wifi password encrypted after each update

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    • Gorion
      Gorion last edited by

      Hello forum,

      I only saw this issue on github, so I decided to discuss the problem in the forum, because github is for the developers.

      After each update in the past days, the wifi password of my recalbox seems to be encrypted. At least it turns into a long string of characters. In addtion to that, not the whole string is shown in the textbox, so you have to delete it "blindly". When you delete the whole string and enter your regular password, the system connects to the wlan as it should.

      Anyone else with this behaviour? Maybe I just need to change something in the config?

      Thanks in advance!

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      • supernature2k
        supernature2k @Gorion last edited by

        @Gorion same issue for me, devs are aware of this, looks like it comes from ES

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        • paradadf
          paradadf Staff last edited by

          I don't get what is the problem?
          The encryption is be a security measure and expected behaviour, ist it? You can just delete it and add a new one and it will work, as it should.
          What am I missing?

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          • Gorion
            Gorion @paradadf last edited by Gorion

            @paradadf So what excactly don't you understand? After each update, the wifi password is wrong. Instead of the right password, there is a long string in the textbox and the box does not show the whole string. You have to delete the string blindly, because the textbox does not show it properly. Maybe ask supernature2k, he seems to understand what I mean.

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            • Gorion
              Gorion @paradadf last edited by Gorion

              @paradadf Just to make it easier to understand:

              Password before update "Mypassword"
              Password after update "diogksnlfgiebbröfk17384!:84)&/!;?"
              Of course the password after the update does not work anymore, until I type "Mypassword" again.

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              • paradadf
                paradadf Staff @Gorion last edited by

                @Gorion my password still works after an update, that's why I didn't get what all this was about. But now I understood that some (if not all but me, maybe not yet) are having this problem. That's all.

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                • Substring
                  Substring @Gorion last edited by

                  @Gorion i guess you forgot the "enc:" in front of the password.

                  And yes, it's been encrypted. Not at each update, but at each reboot. But there seems to be a bug on updating the recalbox.conf in certain cases, i have to investigate that

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                  • Pablo Macaluso
                    Pablo Macaluso last edited by

                    I still have this issue

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                    • Pablo Macaluso
                      Pablo Macaluso @Substring last edited by

                      @Substring If i put enc: and the passworld will work?

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                      • Pablo Macaluso
                        Pablo Macaluso last edited by

                        Please i need a fix for this ...

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                        • Substring
                          Substring last edited by

                          this has been fixed in the last unstable

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                          • Pablo Macaluso
                            Pablo Macaluso @Substring last edited by

                            @Substring I will try update again ...

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                            • Pablo Macaluso
                              Pablo Macaluso @Pablo Macaluso last edited by

                              @Pablo-Macaluso I im the last update and still have the problem... 😞

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                              • Pepe
                                Pepe @Pablo Macaluso last edited by

                                @Pablo-Macaluso Do u use hidden ssid?

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                                • Pablo Macaluso
                                  Pablo Macaluso @Pepe last edited by

                                  @Pepe Nope. Hidden means change the name of the WiFi? ...

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                                  • Pepe
                                    Pepe @Pablo Macaluso last edited by

                                    @Pablo-Macaluso No.

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                                    • Substring
                                      Substring @Pablo Macaluso last edited by

                                      @Pablo-Macaluso the problem is about the wifi password being lost on update. So you do need to be updated so that this doesn't happen with next updates.

                                      If your problem is not about updates, then there is a misunderstanding regarding this topic

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                                      • Pablo Macaluso
                                        Pablo Macaluso last edited by Pablo Macaluso

                                        yesterday i tryed a new wifi on a friends house and put all the fields correct and says "Not connected" @Substring

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                                        • Substring
                                          Substring @Pablo Macaluso last edited by

                                          @Pablo-Macaluso it has definitely nothing to do with an encrypted password ...

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                                          • Pablo Macaluso
                                            Pablo Macaluso @Substring last edited by

                                            @Substring But a tried a NEW wifi... other users and passwords. And it never connects.

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