ERROR: Can't find the 'iwgetid' command about wifi-password HOT 24 CLOSED

I'm pulling the fix

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The pull request #5 fixes it.

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Closing this issue since it has been fixed in #5

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Just tested the newest version and this error seems to persist.

$ sudo wifi-password
ERROR: Can't find the 'iwgetid' command

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I get:
ERROR: You need to run '/home/niwo/.local/bin/wifi-password' as root
and when run with sudo
sudo: wifi-password: command not found
:D

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I don't have a Linux machine at the moment. Would you guys be willing to try and figure out why this error is arising?

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Sure thing, after looking my box does not have the iwgetid binary. I am trying to locate and install it and see if that fixes the problem.

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Isn't it possible for you to run a virtual machine?

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@littlediobolic The only computer I have is my school MacBook. We unfortunately have restrictions when it comes to installing apps on our computers. So I can't install a virtual machine.

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That's the problem, which I guess was obvious. I resolved by installing the wireless-tools package on my machine to get the iwgetid command.

For Arch/Manjaro: sudo pacman -S wireless_tools
For Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install wireless-tools

I'm not super programming savvy so I probably couldnt write something to install those packages on install, but I could make a PR with comments to install wireless-tools if you'd like?

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install those packages on install

Not a good idea. Better print an error message that the package is missing. Also, if it is required it should to be mentioned in the readme

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ERROR: You need to run '/home/niwo/.local/bin/wifi-password' as root
and when run with sudo
sudo: wifi-password: command not found

@theniwo Uninstall with sudo and without sudo:
pip3 uninstall wifi-password ; sudo pip3 uninstall wifi-password

Then reinstall via:
sudo pip3 install wifi-password.

Tell us if it works now.

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ERROR: Cound not find password

(Wasn't that typo also fixed in the pr by ImranVirani)

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That's the problem, which I guess was obvious. I resolved by installing the wireless-tools package on my machine to get the iwgetid command.

For Arch/Manjaro: sudo pacman -S wireless-tools
For Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install wireless-tools

I'm not super programming savvy so I probably couldnt write something to install those packages on install, but I could make a PR with comments to install wireless-tools if you'd like?

The package for Arch/Manjaro is actually called wireless_tools so the command is sudo pacman -S wireless_tools

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The package for Arch/Manjaro is actually called wireless_tools so the command is sudo pacman -S wireless_tools

Yup just noticed and edited my comment. Im working on a PR to add this to the README and to the error message

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I am closing this PR as this issue seems to be fixed

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I am closing this PR as this issue seems to be fixed

I'm in Debian 10, the problem persist after installing wireless-tools via APT.

ERROR: Can't find the 'iwgetid' command
Please ensure wireless-tools is installed on your machine.

If I go with sudo:

ERROR: Cound not find password

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@Engineer22
Is iwgetid present on your system?

which iwgetid

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@Engineer22 Your output for
/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/
has your connection configuration files for each SSID you've connected. On Ubuntu, these files has the extension nmconnection. How does Debian's connection files look like?

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@Adrianordp @littlediobolic

these are the results with the SSIDs manipulated:

sudo which iwgetid
/usr/sbin/iwgetid

cd /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/
ls
name1.nmconnection name2.nmconnection

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Your SSID appears when you input
iwgetid -r
on terminal?

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Yes it does.

sudo iwgetid -r
name2

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Does cat /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/{ssid}.nmconnection | grep psk= return anything? Replacing {ssid} for name2 of course

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I found the problem.

I have 2 SSIDs, one named name1 and one named name2. Both have space between them:

name 1 & name 2

after reading again the results of /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/ they're displayed as 'name 1' & 'name 2'.
If I create a new AP and name it as name3 (no space), the script prints successfully.

The program needs to take into consideration that some SSIDs may have space between their names.

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