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From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
To: Kartikey Parmar <kartikey2781@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Abt hcid.conf
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:23:04 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1235582584.24169.31.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6887eb5d0902250749t784b97cahe8f24af7b335570a@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Kartikey,

> I m modifying hcid.com lying in /etc/bluetooth for "security none"
> which as per hcid.conf disables security manager.
> So after that when I reboot my linux and then try to connect with
> bluetooth headset BH-209 (Nokia) it doesn't connect to it.
> Error is "Connection refused" which is because of no linkkey.
> 
> when I disable security manager why it checks for security???
> Even I tried with "security auto" which reads local passkey that I
> have set to "0000" and my BH-209 also have default PIN "0000", still
> it prompts to enter passkey in bluetooth pairing & control wizard.
> 
> So I m confused...exactly how can we disable security manager for
> simple connections?
> Does changes in hcid.conf make any impact?
> I m using bluez-4.30 on Fedora 9 (kernel 2.6.25-14)

with Bluetooth if only one side requires authentication and encryption
you have to do it (even if security is none). And all headsets require a
proper pairing.

Regards

Marcel



  reply	other threads:[~2009-02-25 17:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-02-25 15:49 Abt hcid.conf Kartikey Parmar
2009-02-25 17:23 ` Marcel Holtmann [this message]
2009-02-26  1:26 ` Li, Zhigang

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