Re: NetworkManager from command line

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Tue, 2011-09-20 at 14:11 -0700, Mohan Sfo wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> Could you show me how to setup a PPTP VPN via  NetworkManager via
> command line? What files need to be edited, what commands need to be
> run?

At the moment, VPN connections can be configured manually by editing
'keyfile' connection files in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections.  A
sample PPTP keyfile is as follows:

[connection]
id=Sample PPTP
uuid=2b88c363-f97e-4e76-9ee6-8b9bb136e75b
type=vpn
autoconnect=false

[vpn]
service-type=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp
gateway=1.1.1.1
user=dcbw
password=myspace

[ipv4]
method=auto

You can change various other options.  One way to do that is to run
nm-connection-editor on a machine with a GUI and set up the connection,
then copy the connection file when you've got it set up right.

Dan

> 
> Also, does it allow any user who logged in to modify the network
> configuration? Is there a way to restrict who can modify the network?
> I was very susprised that a non-root user was able to change routing
> parameters.
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> Thanks,
> Mohan
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