> From: "Stefan Kauerauf" <[email protected]> > Hello, > > I'm searching for a solution to folowing problem for about 10 hours > from now. Hope anyone here can give me some advice to solve my > problem. > > First I want to express what I#m going to try: > > I wont to be able to logon on my Laptops via ldap over Openvpn and > Wifi. To make a connection to my vpn, and also from an new wifi, I > must be able to configure and establish networking connections > before login.
You should be logged in for configuration, at least on the command-line. NetworkManager is a system daemon, that means if the connection is properly configured, it starts without user interaction. > Commandline or scripted solutions are not a > satisfieing way because of the users of the laptops can't manage > this. Why should the users do the configuration? > So I need the nm-applet icon in gdm to be able to choose > system wide network connections (or create new in new wifis) Does that mean anyone who comes to the computer should be allowed to do the administration? > and connect to my vpn before log in as specific user against ldap (over > the vpn connection). > > I'd try to start the nm-applet via copying the .desktop file to the > gdm autostart directory as shown on several tutorials but it don't > work. > > I also figured arround with gconf editor as gdm user but don't find > the keys described in less tutorials. Now I#m on my end and don't > know what to do next. > > I thougt it can't be so hard to show up the nm-applet icon in gdm > because the (e.g.) volume icon works much pretty. It's probably not so hard. But as far as I know, there was never a demand for it. > I am using arch linux 64bit with gnome 3.4 (updated) on all machines. > > Does anyone has a idea what to do? > > Thank you, > > Stefan > _______________________________________________ > networkmanager-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
