On Fri, 2012-10-12 at 19:01 +1300, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > On Fri 12 Oct 2012 11:57:20 NZDT +1300, Jim Cheetham wrote: > > > It would help, except for the fact that Evolution/GNOME(?) have simply > > ignored the whole use-case of "I do not want Network Manager to manage > > my network, but I have not uninstalled it." NM is a user-based tool, > > which is very good if you have to use personal credentials to access > > the network (i.e. corporate wifi mainly, or most VPNs). > > NM is a complete total waste of disk space for VPN. Why? To make it > connect, you need one more critical option in the openvpn configuration > file to meet the security level of the openvpn server. Does NM allow you > to put it in? Oh hells bells! "We do not allow users to just add any odd > configuration option - that's too dangerous, even as root, we need to > nanny users to prevent them from shooting themselves in the foot." We > know what's best for you(TM). > > Dickheads. > > Volker > I do not use NM for my VPNs, just the main network connection. There is no requirement to do so for OpenVPN.
So, it's a simple workaround in your case. Stupid, but simple. Steve -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz MSN: [email protected] Skype: sholdowa
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