Ah, this works:
"""
#!/bin/bash
REQUIRED_CONNECTION_NAME="Example"
VPN_CONNECTION_NAME="Example VPN"
OWNER_OF_VPN_SECRET="exampleuser" # Username of the owner of the keyring with
the VPN credentials
activ_con=$(nmcli con status | grep "${REQUIRED_CONNECTION_NAME}")
activ_vpn=$(nmcli con status | grep "${VPN_CONNECTION_NAME}")
if [ "${activ_con}" -a ! "${activ_vpn}" ];
then
su ${OWNER_OF_VPN_SECRET} -c "nmcli con up id \"${VPN_CONNECTION_NAME}\""
fi
"""
So it is an access rights issue.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/906290
Title:
PPTP: Connecting from GUI works, but not automatically from command-
line dispatcher script
Status in “network-manager-pptp” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
I'm duplicating my comment from
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-
openconnect/+bug/824255/comments/17 since that bug seems to be closed
while my problem remains, so I guess I hit a different bug or
something. I'm using Ubuntu 11.10, fully updated (network-manager
0.9.1.90-0ubuntu5.1, network-manager-pptp 0.9.0-0ubuntu2).
I'm using the dispatcher script from
http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/NetworkManager/Dispatcher, at the bottom:
------------------------------
#!/bin/bash
REQUIRED_CONNECTION_NAME="specific_WLAN_network"
VPN_CONNECTION_NAME="given_VPN_connection"
activ_con=$(nmcli con status | grep "${REQUIRED_CONNECTION_NAME}")
activ_vpn=$(nmcli con status | grep "${VPN_CONNECTION_NAME}")
if [ "${activ_con}" -a ! "${activ_vpn}" ];
then
nmcli con up id "${VPN_CONNECTION_NAME}"
fi
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WHAT I EXPECT:
The dispatcher script should trigger when the system boots up, when I wake it
up from sleeping and when the VPN connection breaks off and establish the given
VPN connection automatically as soon as I'm connected to a specific WLAN
network.
WHAT I GET:
Oct 24 00:18:34 nikolaus-desktop NetworkManager[1040]: <info> Policy set
'WLAN_NETWORK' (wlan0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
Oct 24 00:18:34 nikolaus-desktop NetworkManager[1040]: <info> Activation
(wlan0) successful, device activated.
Oct 24 00:18:34 nikolaus-desktop NetworkManager[1040]: <info> Activation
(wlan0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) complete.
Oct 24 00:18:34 nikolaus-desktop NetworkManager[1040]: <info> Activation
(wlan0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP4 Configure Get) complete.
Oct 24 00:18:34 nikolaus-desktop NetworkManager[1040]: <info> VPN service
'pptp' disappeared
Oct 24 00:18:35 nikolaus-desktop NetworkManager[1040]: <info> Starting VPN
service 'pptp'...
Oct 24 00:18:35 nikolaus-desktop NetworkManager[1040]: <info> VPN service
'pptp' started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp), PID 5071
Oct 24 00:18:35 nikolaus-desktop NetworkManager[1040]: <info> VPN service
'pptp' appeared; activating connections
Oct 24 00:18:35 nikolaus-desktop NetworkManager[1040]: <error>
[1319408315.274270] [nm-vpn-connection.c:882] get_secrets_cb(): Failed to
request VPN secrets #2: (6) No agents were available for this request.
Oct 24 00:18:35 nikolaus-desktop NetworkManager[1040]: <info> Policy set
'WLAN_NETWORK' (wlan0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
Oct 24 00:18:35 nikolaus-desktop nm-dispatcher.action: Script
'/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/20-WLAN_NETWORK' exited with error status 4.
Oct 24 00:18:40 nikolaus-desktop NetworkManager[1040]: <info> VPN service
'pptp' disappeared
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