[Solved] Re: Using OpenVPN client with wicd

2015-07-09 Thread James P. Wallen
On 07/08/2015 09:40 AM, James P. Wallen wrote: On 07/08/2015 03:17 AM, Petter Adsen wrote: On Tue, 07 Jul 2015 13:20:35 -0400 James P. Wallen jpwal...@comcast.net wrote: On 07/07/2015 08:34 AM, Petter Adsen wrote: https://wiki.debian.org/OpenVPN Have you seen this? It doesn't contain

Re: [Solved, but not explained] Re: Using OpenVPN client with wicd

2015-07-09 Thread James P. Wallen
On 07/09/2015 11:56 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Thu, Jul 09, 2015 at 09:44:40AM -0400, James P. Wallen wrote: Between the Debian and Archlinux documentation and a little pondering I was able to use the OpenVPN client manually with wicd as the network manager. Which you are going to keep a

Re: [Solved] Re: Using OpenVPN client with wicd

2015-07-09 Thread Chris Bannister
On Thu, Jul 09, 2015 at 09:44:40AM -0400, James P. Wallen wrote: Between the Debian and Archlinux documentation and a little pondering I was able to use the OpenVPN client manually with wicd as the network manager. Which you are going to keep a secret? People are going to see the solved in

Re: Using OpenVPN client with wicd

2015-07-08 Thread James P. Wallen
On 07/08/2015 03:17 AM, Petter Adsen wrote: On Tue, 07 Jul 2015 13:20:35 -0400 James P. Wallen jpwal...@comcast.net wrote: On 07/07/2015 08:34 AM, Petter Adsen wrote: https://wiki.debian.org/OpenVPN Have you seen this? It doesn't contain anything particular to wicd, but you could use what is

Re: Using OpenVPN client with wicd

2015-07-08 Thread Petter Adsen
On Tue, 07 Jul 2015 13:20:35 -0400 James P. Wallen jpwal...@comcast.net wrote: On 07/07/2015 08:34 AM, Petter Adsen wrote: https://wiki.debian.org/OpenVPN Have you seen this? It doesn't contain anything particular to wicd, but you could use what is there to set up a script. There are

Re: Using OpenVPN client with wicd

2015-07-07 Thread James P. Wallen
On 07/07/2015 08:34 AM, Petter Adsen wrote: On Tue, 07 Jul 2015 07:55:26 -0400 James P. Wallen jpwal...@comcast.net wrote: On 07/07/2015 04:25 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Jul 06, 2015 at 04:23:28PM -0400, James P. Wallen wrote: [...]

Re: Using OpenVPN client with wicd

2015-07-07 Thread James P. Wallen
On 07/07/2015 09:23 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 07:55:26AM -0400, James P. Wallen wrote: [...] Hi, Tomas! Thanks for your reply. I wish I cold've been more helpful, but hey, you're welcome. No, my issue has nothing to

Re: Using OpenVPN client with wicd

2015-07-07 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Jul 06, 2015 at 04:23:28PM -0400, James P. Wallen wrote: [...] If any of you has managed to do this in conjunction with wicd, I'd really appreciate a pointer to information to help me get started. The man pages are kicking me in the

Re: Using OpenVPN client with wicd

2015-07-07 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 01:32:21PM -0400, James P. Wallen wrote: On 07/07/2015 09:23 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: [...] So -- if I understand -- you have control of a server out there on the Internet, and that's what makes this work for you.

Re: Using OpenVPN client with wicd

2015-07-07 Thread James P. Wallen
On 07/07/2015 03:26 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: ... I suppose I could set up a server on the home network. That would protect my traffic from prying eyes when I'm a visitor on another network, but it wouldn't really keep my home ISP from snooping on me. Or am I missing something? There has

Re: Using OpenVPN client with wicd

2015-07-07 Thread James P. Wallen
On 07/07/2015 04:25 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Jul 06, 2015 at 04:23:28PM -0400, James P. Wallen wrote: [...] If any of you has managed to do this in conjunction with wicd, I'd really appreciate a pointer to information to help me get

Re: Using OpenVPN client with wicd

2015-07-07 Thread Petter Adsen
On Tue, 07 Jul 2015 07:55:26 -0400 James P. Wallen jpwal...@comcast.net wrote: On 07/07/2015 04:25 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Jul 06, 2015 at 04:23:28PM -0400, James P. Wallen wrote: [...] If any of you has managed to do

Re: Using OpenVPN client with wicd

2015-07-07 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 07:55:26AM -0400, James P. Wallen wrote: [...] Hi, Tomas! Thanks for your reply. I wish I cold've been more helpful, but hey, you're welcome. No, my issue has nothing to do with corporate firewalls [...]

Using OpenVPN client with wicd

2015-07-06 Thread James P. Wallen
I loved wicd and used it for several years but finally gave up and went with network-manager so that I could easily use a private VPN when I'm out-and-about and connecting to access points on the road. I've never really been thrilled with network-manager, though at least it works a lot