Wifi password dialog popup don't take more the 20 ASCII-encoded characters

Bug #1833512 reported by Morten Løkke Andersen
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
network-manager (Ubuntu)
Expired
Low
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Bug Description

The max pass-phrase length for a WPA2-PSK, has a limit of 63 ASCII-encoded characters

The password fields, in the dialog to write the pass-phrase for the Wifi network you are connecting to, is limiting this to 20 characters.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
Package: network-manager 1.16.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-17.18-generic 5.0.8
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Jun 20 09:59:57 2019
IfupdownConfig:
 # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-06-19 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.1.1 dev enp0s25 proto dhcp metric 100
 169.254.0.0/16 dev enp0s25 scope link metric 1000
 192.168.1.0/24 dev enp0s25 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.169 metric 100
NetworkManager.state:
 [main]
 NetworkingEnabled=true
 WirelessEnabled=true
 WWANEnabled=true
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
nmcli-dev:
 DEVICE TYPE STATE IP4-CONNECTIVITY IP6-CONNECTIVITY DBUS-PATH CONNECTION CON-UUID CON-PATH
 enp0s25 ethernet connected full limited /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2 Wired connection 1 cb8f8bbb-c98f-3fcd-8212-fdf5d6425ab1 /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/1
 wlp3s0 wifi disconnected limited limited /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/3 -- -- --
 lo loopback unmanaged unknown unknown /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 -- -- --
nmcli-nm:
 RUNNING VERSION STATE STARTUP CONNECTIVITY NETWORKING WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN
 running 1.16.0 connected started full enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled

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Morten Løkke Andersen (moloean) wrote :
description: updated
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report. Could you take a screenshot of the dialog you are talking about? How do you try to connect? What happens when you type more than 20 chars?

Changed in network-manager (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for network-manager (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in network-manager (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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