Re: [NM-openconnect PATCH] Allow 'lasthost' and 'autoconnect' settings.

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 08:53 +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 12:21 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> > Sure, but I'd rather not start a precedent of stuffing other random
> > stuff into the connection config that's not actually part of the
> > connection specification.  Isn't this basically the difference
> > between /etc and /tmp?
> 
> Most of this stuff _is_ part of the connection specification -- we're
> talking about stuff like the username, the list of available VPN
> servers, which one of those the user selected, etc.
> 
> I attached a screenshot of the auth-dialog, to make it more obvious
> what's going on.
> 
> When it comes up, you choose a host from the combobox at the top. If you
> check the 'Automatically start connecting next time' box, you can skip
> that bit in future. It remembers the host you chose.
> 
> Then you get presented with arbitrary HTML forms from the server, and
> the responses (except passwords) are remembered too.
> 
> When you connect successfully, the server gives us an XML configuration
> file which updates the list of available hosts (which will appear in
> that combobox next time).
> 
> I would say that all those _are_ part of the configuration, not just
> 'other random stuff'. It's just that they're handled _purely_ in the
> auth-dialog, and don't need to be passed back to the
> nm-openconnect-service.

I'd store most of them with the connection details in GConf, then ignore
them in the vpn service plugin.  What is that socket icon next to the
server name?  Is that a "connect now" button?

Dan