Ubuntu 12.04 (and 13.04?) Connecting to 802.1X via command line
sudo apt-get install wpasupplicant
openssl s_client -showcerts -connect example.com:443 copy the certificate (including -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- and -----END CERTIFICATE----- )
sudo vi /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/example.com.crt
sudo update-ca-certificates
UBUNTU 13.04 SELF SIGNED CA OR CERTIFICATE WORKAROUND
sudo vi /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections
[802-3-ethernet] duplex=full
[connection] id=Ethernet connection 1 uuid=b844558d-8943-4798-8ae5-33062e88b1b0 type=802-3-ethernet timestamp=1376090408
[ipv6] method=ignore
[802-1x] eap=peap; identity=jpfeiffer phase2-auth=gtc password-flags=1 system-ca-certs=false
[ipv4] method=auto