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

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