[Solved]Readable wireless network password
 

Hello everybody,

I ask to my company to add my N900 in their wireless network. After a few difficulties (they initialy have orders to only accept iPhone...), they enter the WPA key in my phone (but I cannot see : the IT guy hides it when he enters it). Now I scare my phone loose it (or I make anything wrong that makes force me to reinstall the firmware). So I want to get back this password just in case.

But when I try to look the stored password for a wireless network, it appears with stars (******).

Do you know if there is a way to see the real password through Maemo GUI ?

If there is no way to see it directly, do you know where is the file in the OS where this type of password is stored ? Is it encrypted ?

Thanks for your answers. ;)

Re: Readable wireless network password
 

No
(hint: gconftool)

Nicolai

Re: Readable wireless network password
 

Aircrack host-spoofing on another machine while at home away from the office.?
Might take awhile

Re: Readable wireless network password
 

@ nicolai : Thank you for your help (I am sorry, I am a beginner in the use of a UNIX system : I didn't know that there was a kind of registry base in this system :( ).

I think I find the solution from your hint :

gconftool-2 --all-dir /system/osso/connectivity/IAP
=> List saved wireless networks with strings I don't understand (is there any logic for the string choice by the system or is it totally random ?)

gconftool-2 -a /system/osso/connectivity/IAP/String_I_dont_understand
=> Give all the variables in the directory (contain the real network name and its password without any encryption :cool: )

@ theonelaw : No, I just scare to loose this password (after I fight long time to have it...). ;)