Re: Couple of minor issues with 0.7

["Darren Albers" <dalbers gmail com>]

On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 14:50 -0400, Darren Albers wrote:
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>
>> Jul 20 14:46:20 dpalap NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the
>> system settings daemon...
>>
>> When I edit any VPN settings I get:
>> ** (nm-connection-editor:9275): WARNING **: Invalid setting VPN: key
>> /bin/sh: /bin/awk: not found
>
> So this is really weird and a bug.  What VPN plugin are you using?  This
> comes from the UI validation code in the connection editor and could
> indicate a bug in the VPN plugin.
>

This was on the OpenVPN plugin, I plan on updating to the snapshot
from today and trying the PPTP plugin so I will let you know if it is
still happening.

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>> 2)  Recent SVN snapshots prompt me for a password for my card but it
>> doesn't actually require one.   Maybe a box that says "My Provider
>> does not require one" and if you check that box something random is
>> sent.   While I know that I can enter anything there, it is likely
>> that a less technical user will not realize that.
>
> Yeah, I thought I'd nailed that one but the code would work better with
> an explicit "doesn't require authentication" checkbox.  However, if we
> can fix the current behavior without an additional checkbox, that would
> be better.  If that's not possible (and the current code is a bit ugly)
> then a checkbox like you suggest would be the next best solution.  Does
> your provider require a username but not a password?  Or do you not need
> any auth credentials?

I don't think it requires any credentials, this is with AT&T.

>
> Dan
>
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