Re: Network Manager - OpenVPN

[Casey Harkins <caseyharkins gmail com>]

Alexander Sandström Krantz wrote:
> Hi!
> When will the openvpn addon have build in support to change the 
> openvpn-configuration
> ns-cert-type server

I think it is possible to accomplish this using the gconf editor to 
modify the vpn configuration directly. I have a feeling (haven't tested) 
that if you do this, modifying the vpn connection settings through the 
network manager openvpn configuration dialog afterwards will overwrite 
the settings.

First configure everything else for your vpn connection through network 
manager. Then fire up the gconf configuration editor 
(Applications->System Tools->Configuration Editor on FC6) and find 
/system/networking/vpn_connections/YOUR_CONNECTION from the tree on the 
left. Then edit the value of vpn_data on the right. This is a list of 
the openvpn configuration options (i.e. key,value,key,value...etc).

I'm mostly guessing at this, but I vaguely remember modifying the 
openvpn configuration in this way with success in the past.

-casey