On Mon, 2015-11-09 at 17:51 -0200, Ethy H. Brito wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Nov 2015 13:11:24 +0100
> Jirka Klimes <jkli...@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 7 Nov 2015 13:55:39 -0200
> > "Ethy H. Brito" <ethy.br...@inexo.com.br> wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > Hi All
> > > 
> > > I am not certain if here is the right place to ask this. Forgive me
> > > if it is not.
> > > 
> > > Why, if I have a password protected private key, the OpenVPN plug-in
> > > demands me to enter the password to enable the save button?
> > > 
> > > I think this is not right. I don't want my password hanging around.
> > > If, for instance, my laptop gets stolen, the thief has access to my
> > > private data. Saving a password, completely overrides the purpose of
> > > a password protected key!
> > > 
> > > How to make Networkmanager ask for the password when activating the
> > > VPN?
> > > 
> > > Am I doing something wrong here? Missing something perhaps?
> > > 
> > > Regards
> > > 
> > > Ethy
> > 
> > It depends on the GUI you use.
> > 
> > In recent nm-connection-editor, all password entries have an icon
> > attached that allows setting password as "always ask".
> > 
> > See
> > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=731891
> > 
> > Jirka
> 
> Tested with "cert-pass-flags=2" and got:
> 
>       The VPN connection 'XXX' failed
>       because there were no valid VPN secrets.
> 
> No window opened to ask the password. Should it?
> 
> Any hints?

What desktop environment are you running?

Dan

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