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network-manager-vpnc package

network-manager (vpnc) - reword connection screen

Bug #164351 reported by Mitch Mahan
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
network-manager-vpnc (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: network-manager

network-manager-vpnc upon setting up and connecting to a profile prompts you for a password in the following way:

You need to authenticate to access the Virtual Private Network "<name>".
Password [ ]
Group Password [ ]
(Actually 2 seperate passwords)

I first saw this page and entered my group password twice; mainly out of confusion...
(i only saw the name of my vpn connection 'cri' which also happens to be my PSK group name)

This lead me down a spiral of 'tail /var/log/syslog' (which said nothing about a bad password for my username)...

I believe this is an easy fix;
You need to authenticate to access the Virtual Private Network "<name>".
User Password [ ]
Group Password [ ]

Revision history for this message
Basilio Kublik (sourcercito) wrote :

Hi there
do you still experience this issue with the current version of the application?, could you please try to reproduce this using the live environment of the Desktop CD of the development release - Hardy Heron.

Thanks in advance

Changed in network-manager:
assignee: nobody → sourcercito
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
Revision history for this message
Mitch Mahan (mitchm87) wrote :

Using the current live environment I cannot currently see VPN connections in the network-manager.

I only see 'configure / disconnect' as options. Even after setting up multiple VPN connections under configure.

Unrelated bug? I will try and fix this problem (make sure i have the latest version) before providing further information on this bug.

Cheers

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exactt (giesbert) wrote :

this "bug" is still present in latest hardy.

Changed in network-manager:
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox) wrote :

My take is that this is fixed in Jaunty, with the configuration dialog asking to save or otherwise keep the passwords, or not use them if they aren't necessary. Could someone confirm this?

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Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox) wrote :

Marking Invalid; no response it almost two years; plus it's more or less fixed -- you have the clear option of using the password or not, further UI changes would be possible but should ideally come upstream.

Changed in network-manager-vpnc (Ubuntu):
assignee: Basilio Kublik (sourcercito) → nobody
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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