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spaceman · 04-18-2011, 02:25 PM

I've finally managed it to transfer files from/to the PB! But I had to find out something, which is maybe obvious for others. The requested Bluetooth-PIN on the PB and the "main key" ("Hauptschlüssel" in german) in Windows Vista is one and the same! I always supposed, that this main key will be somehow used to encrypt the files (as the word "key" suggests) and expected the PIN request (which I usually attribute to some kind of authentication) to pop up later, what never happened... I should at least partially blame this to Microsoft. Virtually everybody calls a PIN a PIN, Bill calls it the "main key". Why? Nevermind.

A little, a tiny, a microscopic hint from the PB makers would have been very helpful anyway...

So far at least under Vista the file transfer works now. Do you, J.C. (or somebody else), know the place/file under Linux to store the PIN in order to make BT _definitely_ working? Is it "/etc/bluetooth/pin"? I read something about pin helpers 'n stuff like that but prefer to do everything "by hand" so far (no GNOME, no KDE, just good old fvwm).

Thanks for the step-by-step guide anyway!

04-18-2011, 02:25 PM	#9
spaceman Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: PB 903	I've finally managed it to transfer files from/to the PB! But I had to find out something, which is maybe obvious for others. The requested Bluetooth-PIN on the PB and the "main key" ("Hauptschlüssel" in german) in Windows Vista is one and the same! I always supposed, that this main key will be somehow used to encrypt the files (as the word "key" suggests) and expected the PIN request (which I usually attribute to some kind of authentication) to pop up later, what never happened... I should at least partially blame this to Microsoft. Virtually everybody calls a PIN a PIN, Bill calls it the "main key". Why? Nevermind. A little, a tiny, a microscopic hint from the PB makers would have been very helpful anyway... So far at least under Vista the file transfer works now. Do you, J.C. (or somebody else), know the place/file under Linux to store the PIN in order to make BT _definitely_ working? Is it "/etc/bluetooth/pin"? I read something about pin helpers 'n stuff like that but prefer to do everything "by hand" so far (no GNOME, no KDE, just good old fvwm). Thanks for the step-by-step guide anyway!