On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Dan Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 2009-06-03 at 00:02 +0200, daniel åkerud wrote: >> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 5:56 PM, daniel åkerud >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I am trying to automatically connect to a VPN (PPTP) >> connection through DBus. I have used the script posted by >> Tambet Ingo as a starting point, found here: >> http://www.nabble.com/dbus-and-OpenVPN-Autostart-td21905375.html >> (...) >> Problem solved! I have found the missing connection! :) >> (...) >> The code can be found here: >> http://pastebin.com/m11349e32 >> >> $ python nm-vpn-restart.py >> connections: >> org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerSystemSettings: >> add286bb-da7c-4f39-8a2f-13d5233818d6 - Auto ham0 (802-3-ethernet) >> org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerSystemSettings: >> 12c5b1af-6f44-448e-ba46-be54176efb21 - Auto eth1 (802-3-ethernet) >> org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerSystemSettings: >> 904a6063-5962-41a3-893c-fbfb30d15de9 - Auto eth0 (802-3-ethernet) >> org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerUserSettings: >> 2ce0ec46-ae6b-4d46-9128-78dd8c421345 - Relakks (vpn) >> connecting to: >> '(dbus.ObjectPath('/org/freedesktop/NetworkManagerSettings/0'), >> 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerUserSettings')' >> with active connection: >> '(dbus.ObjectPath('/org/freedesktop/NetworkManagerSettings/0'), >> 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerSystemSettings')' >> <<SUCCESS>> >> >> And you can see in the Network Manager GUI that is connecting to the >> VPN. >> >> /Daniel Åkerud >>
Since this script still works (even in Ubuntu Karmic) but the pastebin link has expired, and also since I have gotten off-list requests for the script, I hereby post the script again (now retained forever): http://pastebin.com/f37dffb97 BR/Daniel Åkerud _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
