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Subject: Re: What could cause pairing to fail when bluetoothctl is not
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On Fri, 2022-08-26 at 22:43 +0000, John Klug wrote:
> Maybe I need to create a pairing AgentManager, even though I don't
> use one?

You need a pairing agent otherwise all pairing attempts will be
rejected. This is a security feature.

The bluez-tools at:
https://github.com/khvzak/bluez-tools
can help if you want to automate pairing without writing new code (or
to experiment).