also affects -applet which also parsed service files located in
/etc/NetworkManager/VPN/

** Description changed:

- To verify:
+ To verify (network-manager part):
+  1. verify that you can create any VPN connection (need a vpn package 
installed)
+  2. rename the service files in /etc/NetworkManager/VPN/ to have a suffix != 
.name
+  3. verify with new package that you cannot create VPN connections of the VPN 
type for which you renamed the service file.
+ 
+ To verify (network-manager-pptp part):
  
   1. install network-manager-pptp from hardy
   2. upgrade to current intrepid version
   3. check that you have obsolete conffile in /etc/NetworkManager/VPN, e.g.
  (dpkg-query -W -f='${Conffiles}' network-manager-pptp:
   /etc/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-pptp-service.name 2ba2dd8e779feeefab0a8fc09ad3e6c0
   /etc/dbus-1/system.d/nm-pptp-service.conf 3c8a33fec72792ec1e3402af91883014
   /etc/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-ppp-starter.name ab9b4df3e14f3198f8c309496045e45f 
obsolete
   /etc/dbus-1/system.d/nm-ppp-starter.conf d1cd8fdd5dbf822eef5885dc46e95a14 
obsolete)
   4. upgrade to proposed version and check that those have been removed
  
  Binary package hint: network-manager
  
  Release 8.10
  New update from Hardy to Intrepid.
  
  network-manager:
    Installed: 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1
    Candidate: 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1 0
          500 http://es.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  
  Tried to make VPN connection to a MS server which worked before with no
  issue before the upgrade.
  
  Received following error message:
  
  The VPN connection 'abc' failed because the VPN service failed to start.
  Failed to execute child process "/use/bin/nm-ppp-starter" (No such file or 
directory)

** Description changed:

  To verify (network-manager part):
-  1. verify that you can create any VPN connection (need a vpn package 
installed)
+  1. verify that you can connect to any VPN connection (need a vpn package 
installed)
   2. rename the service files in /etc/NetworkManager/VPN/ to have a suffix != 
.name
-  3. verify with new package that you cannot create VPN connections of the VPN 
type for which you renamed the service file.
+  3. verify with new package that cannot connect to any VPN for the VPN type 
for which you renamed the service file.
  
  To verify (network-manager-pptp part):
  
   1. install network-manager-pptp from hardy
   2. upgrade to current intrepid version
   3. check that you have obsolete conffile in /etc/NetworkManager/VPN, e.g.
  (dpkg-query -W -f='${Conffiles}' network-manager-pptp:
   /etc/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-pptp-service.name 2ba2dd8e779feeefab0a8fc09ad3e6c0
   /etc/dbus-1/system.d/nm-pptp-service.conf 3c8a33fec72792ec1e3402af91883014
   /etc/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-ppp-starter.name ab9b4df3e14f3198f8c309496045e45f 
obsolete
   /etc/dbus-1/system.d/nm-ppp-starter.conf d1cd8fdd5dbf822eef5885dc46e95a14 
obsolete)
   4. upgrade to proposed version and check that those have been removed
  
  Binary package hint: network-manager
  
  Release 8.10
  New update from Hardy to Intrepid.
  
  network-manager:
    Installed: 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1
    Candidate: 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1 0
          500 http://es.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  
  Tried to make VPN connection to a MS server which worked before with no
  issue before the upgrade.
  
  Received following error message:
  
  The VPN connection 'abc' failed because the VPN service failed to start.
  Failed to execute child process "/use/bin/nm-ppp-starter" (No such file or 
directory)

** Also affects: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu Intrepid)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu Jaunty)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu Intrepid)
       Target: None => intrepid-updates

** Description changed:

  To verify (network-manager part):
   1. verify that you can connect to any VPN connection (need a vpn package 
installed)
   2. rename the service files in /etc/NetworkManager/VPN/ to have a suffix != 
.name
   3. verify with new package that cannot connect to any VPN for the VPN type 
for which you renamed the service file.
+ 
+ To verify (network-manager-applet part):
+  1. verify that you can create a VPN connection (need a vpn package installed)
+  2. rename the service files in /etc/NetworkManager/VPN/ to have a suffix != 
.name
+  3. verify with new package that cannot create a new VPN for the VPN type for 
which you renamed the service file.
  
  To verify (network-manager-pptp part):
  
   1. install network-manager-pptp from hardy
   2. upgrade to current intrepid version
   3. check that you have obsolete conffile in /etc/NetworkManager/VPN, e.g.
  (dpkg-query -W -f='${Conffiles}' network-manager-pptp:
   /etc/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-pptp-service.name 2ba2dd8e779feeefab0a8fc09ad3e6c0
   /etc/dbus-1/system.d/nm-pptp-service.conf 3c8a33fec72792ec1e3402af91883014
   /etc/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-ppp-starter.name ab9b4df3e14f3198f8c309496045e45f 
obsolete
   /etc/dbus-1/system.d/nm-ppp-starter.conf d1cd8fdd5dbf822eef5885dc46e95a14 
obsolete)
   4. upgrade to proposed version and check that those have been removed
  
  Binary package hint: network-manager
  
  Release 8.10
  New update from Hardy to Intrepid.
  
  network-manager:
    Installed: 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1
    Candidate: 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1 0
          500 http://es.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  
  Tried to make VPN connection to a MS server which worked before with no
  issue before the upgrade.
  
  Received following error message:
  
  The VPN connection 'abc' failed because the VPN service failed to start.
  Failed to execute child process "/use/bin/nm-ppp-starter" (No such file or 
directory)

** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu Intrepid)
       Status: Fix Committed => Triaged
       Target: None => intrepid-updates

** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu Jaunty)
       Status: Triaged => Fix Committed

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VPN fails,  "/usr/bin/nm-ppp-starter missing"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290468
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