On Mon, 09 Nov 2015 14:19:55 -0600 Dan Williams <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 2015-11-09 at 17:51 -0200, Ethy H. Brito wrote: > > On Mon, 9 Nov 2015 13:11:24 +0100 > > Jirka Klimes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Sat, 7 Nov 2015 13:55:39 -0200 > > > "Ethy H. Brito" <[email protected]> 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? Hi Dan. I use Gnome. Ubuntu's 14.04 default. But I managed to make it work. I deleted the section [vpn-secrets]. Now NM opens a windows asking for the passphrase. At least at home. Tomorrow I'll check at office. Hope this helps someone some day. Regards Ethy _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
