Re: [Bluez-users] pand seem to ignore any pin configurations

[Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>]

Hi Rainer,

> > > Not asking for a PIN each time is actually fine (persisten pairing is a
> > > nice invention;-). I just want to check that the system really wants to
> > > see a PIN when a new device comes in.
> > >
> > > Are you saying when I delete
> > >
> > > 	/etc/bluetooth/link_key
> > >
> > > on both NAP and PANU I should be askef for a password?
> >
> > Yes. And with bluez-utils-2.16 the link key storage has been changed.
> 
> Worked excellent, thanks. Are the link keys valid forever or do they have an 
> expiration date? I.e. if is do "security user" may it happen that bluez 
> simply stops working (because e.g. bluez is started before X and I won't 
> notice why until I figured out that the link key expired)

the link key don't expires. However using --secure with a recent kernel
you can force a change of the link key every time the connection was
successful.

Regards

Marcel




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