On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 14:30 -0400, Darren Albers wrote: > On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 14:50 -0400, Darren Albers wrote: > <snip> > > > >> Jul 20 14:46:20 dpalap NetworkManager: <info> Trying to start the > >> system settings daemon... > >> > >> When I edit any VPN settings I get: > >> ** (nm-connection-editor:9275): WARNING **: Invalid setting VPN: key > >> /bin/sh: /bin/awk: not found > > > > So this is really weird and a bug. What VPN plugin are you using? This > > comes from the UI validation code in the connection editor and could > > indicate a bug in the VPN plugin. > > > > This was on the OpenVPN plugin, I plan on updating to the snapshot > from today and trying the PPTP plugin so I will let you know if it is > still happening.
Ok, that's probably the bits that try to check for the OpenVPN cipher list which actually spawn out some shell. That should be better protected. > <snip> > >> 2) Recent SVN snapshots prompt me for a password for my card but it > >> doesn't actually require one. Maybe a box that says "My Provider > >> does not require one" and if you check that box something random is > >> sent. While I know that I can enter anything there, it is likely > >> that a less technical user will not realize that. > > > > Yeah, I thought I'd nailed that one but the code would work better with > > an explicit "doesn't require authentication" checkbox. However, if we > > can fix the current behavior without an additional checkbox, that would > > be better. If that's not possible (and the current code is a bit ugly) > > then a checkbox like you suggest would be the next best solution. Does > > your provider require a username but not a password? Or do you not need > > any auth credentials? > > I don't think it requires any credentials, this is with AT&T. Ok. I've got access to an AT&T card so I can check it out. svn r3801 and later were specifically supposed to fix this but I'll re-check. Dan _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
