Re: NetworkManager doesnt save the ip address

[Patrick Steiner <patrick helmsdeep at>]

Dan Williams wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 12:21 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
>   
> > On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 17:10 +0100, Patrick Steiner wrote:
> >     
> > > On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:59:16 -0400, Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com> wrote:
> > >       
> > > > On Mon, 2009-03-23 at 21:27 +0100, Patrick Steiner wrote:
> > > >         
> > > > > Dan Williams wrote: 
> > > > >           
> > > > > > On Mon, 2009-03-23 at 07:42 +0100, Patrick Steiner wrote:
> > > > > >   
> > > > > >             
> > > > > > > Dan Williams wrote:
> > > > > > >     
> > > > > > >               
> > > > > > > > On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 09:15 +0100, Patrick Steiner wrote:
> > > > > > > >   
> > > > > > > >       
> > > > > > > >                 
> > > > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > i have setup a openvpn tunnel and if i setup this via a simple
> > > > > > > > > openvpn
> > > > > > > > > config file all works fine. But if i try to import (or build
> > > > > > > > >                   
> > > from
> > >       
> > > > > > > > > scratch) to the nm-connection-editor the Local IP Address gets
> > > > > > > > > lost. It
> > > > > > > > > also isnt saved into the gconf file. If I open the
> > > > > > > > > nm-connection-editor
> > > > > > > > > again I get the following error:
> > > > > > > > >     
> > > > > > > > >         
> > > > > > > > >                   
> > > > > > > > I've just fixed that in the NM openvpn plugin upstream (r55 and
> > > > > > > > 56),
> > > > > > > > thanks for pointing it out.  Does the static key file get imported
> > > > > > > > correctly?  If not, does it actually exist in the path that config
> > > > > > > > file
> > > > > > > > says it does? (ie, if no path is given it would need to be in the
> > > > > > > > same
> > > > > > > > directory as the config file, I think).
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Dan
> > > > > > > >   
> > > > > > > >       
> > > > > > > >                 
> > > > > > > I have tested the latest upstream (r59) now I am able to save the
> > > > > > >               
> > > the
> > >       
> > > > > > > local ip. But there is now input field for a remote ip.
> > > > > > > It also does not set the remote ip if I import a config file.
> > > > > > >     
> > > > > > >               
> > > > > > Remote IP should map to the "Gateway" box at the top of the VPN page.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Dan
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >   
> > > > > >             
> > > > > No, the gateway is the official ip address and not the ip address of
> > > > > the openvpn tunnel.
> > > > >           
> > > > Fixed in openvpn trunk (63) and 0.7 (64).  Please test and let me know
> > > > if this works for you.
> > > >         
> > > The remote and local ip gets saved now. But here is the next problem.
> > >
> > > I get the following error:
> > >
> > > WARNING **: <WARN>  helper_failed(): nm-openvpn-service-openvpn-helper did
> > > not receive a valid VPN Gateway from openvpn
> > >
> > > this error comes from:
> > >
> > > nm-openvpn-service-openvpn-helper.c line 303 (r66)
> > >
> > > getenv("trusted_ip") where should this be set?
> > >       
> > trusted_ip *should* be the same thing you set "remote" to in the config
> > file.  is that not the case?
> >     
>
> Erroneous manpages strike again.
>
> Looking at the code, it seems that trusted/untrusted may not be set when
> not using TLS.  In that case, can you get a dump of the environment
> passed to the openvpn 'ipchange' script for your static key case for me
Sure but I do not know how I can do this.

Can you give me some hints?

patrick

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