Re: Is there a way to import VPN Connections via the command line?

[Darren Albers <dalbers gmail com>]

2010/11/17 Darren Albers <dalbers gmail com>:
> 2010/11/17 Rui Tiago Cação Matos <tiagomatos gmail com>:
>> On 16 November 2010 23:31, Darren Albers <dalbers gmail com> wrote:
>>> I know I can import a VPN profile using the nm-connection-editor GUI
>>> but is there a way to do it from a command line so I can script it?
>>
>> If you're using gnome's nm-applet and you know the VPN's connection
>> number under gconf you can do something like:
>>
>> $ gconftool-2 --dump /system/networking/connections/7 > my_vpn_profile.xml
>> ...
>> $ gconftool-2 --load my_vpn_profile.xml
>>
>> Note: commands typed from memory, YMMV. And no, it's not an elegant solution.
>>
>> Rui
>>
>
> Thank you, I will give that a try!
>

Rui, thank you for the tip that worked perfectly!