The WPA/WPA2 personal key for a wireless network needs to be re-entered every time the wireless router is reset while the computer is connected

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Binary package hint: network-manager

Observed behaviour:
Whenever I have to reset my wireless router, all currently connected computers with Ubuntu Linux "forget" the wireless key and I have to re-enter it. Because of this, I have to keep my wireless key on a post-it on my screen.

Expected behaviour:
After losing connection because of a network reset, the computers should just reconnect and keep the key until I change it explicitly.

Version: Ubuntu 9.10

"apt-cache policy network-manager"
network-manager:
  Installiert: 0.8~a~git.20091013t193206.679d548-0ubuntu1
  Kandidat: 0.8~a~git.20091013t193206.679d548-0ubuntu1
  Versions-Tabelle:
 *** 0.8~a~git.20091013t193206.679d548-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CRDA:
 country 98:
  (2402 - 2483 @ 40), (N/A, 20)
Date: Sun Apr 11 10:40:14 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
IpRoute:

NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: network-manager 0.8~a~git.20091013t193206.679d548-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-21.59-generic
SourcePackage: network-manager
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-21-generic i686
WpaSupplicantLog:

[Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)]

While network-manager forgetting your password is a usability problem, it is not a security bug in network manager that you use a post-it note to remember your password. Unsubscribing ubuntu-security.