Re: Keeping VPN settings

[Greg Oliver <greg oliver cistera com>]

On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 14:46 -0500, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 11:49 -0600, Greg Oliver wrote:
> > On Wed, 2008-01-23 at 10:16 -0500, Dan Williams wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2008-01-23 at 04:26 -0600, Greg Oliver wrote:
> > > > I always keep my /home directory on a separate partition for upgrade
> > > > purposes.  Lately, I have noticed that certain gnome applets, etc are
> > > > not available due to old settings under .gconf.
> > > > 
> > > > The only think I really care abou tare the 100+ vpnc conections I have.
> > > > What is the proper way to back them up and restore after I upgrade
> > > > gnome?
> > > 
> > > With 0.6.x, right?
> > > 
> > > You should be able to do something like:
> > > 
> > > gconftool-2 --dump /system/networking/vpn_connections > vpn-connection-backup.xml
> > > 
> > > then to restore after upgrade/clean-install, do:
> > > 
> > > gconftool-2 --load vpn-connection-backup.xml
> > > 
> > > Dan
> > > 
> > 
> > Well, I spoke too soon - the export and import both looked ok, and it
> > re-populated the ~/.gconf/system/networking/vpn_connections subdir, but
> > they are not showing up in the nm-applet.  File permissions are all
> > correct, etc.. 
> > 
> > Only thing I did was upgrade from 0.6.5 to 0.7 (Ubuntu to Fedora8) due
> > to wanting to try the new features in 0.7..  
> > 
> > Would that cause any issues?
> 
> Yes, the VPN settings are now stored in the same format now as all other
> connections with NM, which are under /system/networking/connections.
> The NM code will convert the wireless connections, but not the VPN
> connections.
> 
> Dan

Thanks Dan, I'll edit the xml and have a re-go at it!

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