Re: NetworkManager-vpnc config help

[Matthew Saltzman <mjs clemson edu>]

On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 18:23 -0500, Brian Millett wrote:
> Dan Williams escribío:
> > On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 15:58 -0500, Brian Millett wrote:
> >> Fedora 8,
> >> NetworkManager-devel-0.7.0-0.6.7.svn3370.fc8
> >> NetworkManager-vpnc-0.7.0-0.6.3.svn3109.fc8
> >> NetworkManager-glib-0.7.0-0.6.7.svn3370.fc8
> >> NetworkManager-gnome-0.7.0-0.6.7.svn3370.fc8
> >> NetworkManager-openvpn-0.7.0-8.svn3302.fc8
> >> NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.7.0-0.6.7.svn3370.fc8
> >> NetworkManager-0.7.0-0.6.7.svn3370.fc8
> >>
> >> I have a vpnc configuration I need to setup.  It has a "IPSec obfuscated secret" for the 
> >> group password.
> >>
> >> The old vpn connection were defined in the .gconf/system/networking/vpn_connections but 
> >> where are the connections defined now?
> > 
> > They are normal connections in /system/networking/connections just like
> > wifi, ethernet, cdma, gsm, etc are.
> 
> Cool!  Still via configuration editor.
> 
> Any way of knowing what number corresponds to which connection?
> 
> >> How do I edit the configurations?
> > 
> > You can still use the VPN connection editor, available from the applet
> > menu.
> 
> Ok, so how do I enable the ability to edit the connection?  I can see the connections in 
> the "Edit connections", but the only item available to click is "Delete".
> 
> >> Are the conf files in /etc/vpnc referenced?
> > 
> > No, because VPN connections are currently per-user, though with the
> > keyfile system settings plugin there's no reason they couldn't be
> > system-wide as well.
> > 

A couple related questions:

(1) If I want to add

        DPD idle timeout (our side) 0

what do I need to name the key in gconf?  The gconf editor complains
about the parentheses.

(2) Can the obfuscated secret be stored in the keyring?  If so, how?  If
not, how can I get it to be used instead of the group password in the
keyring?

(3) Will the ability to set these features be added to the Edit
Connections dialog in NM?  If I set them by hand, are the recognized and
passed to vpnc by NM-vpnc?

Thanks.


> > Dan
> > 
> 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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                Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
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