Password doesn't get saved in system-wide pptp connection
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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network-manager-vpnc |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
network-manager-pptp (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: network-
There are many bugs about vpn secrets in NM, but they appear to be about communicating with keyrings in user-level connections. And comments are cluttered with descriptions of different situations.
Let's try a fresh start with one specific situation:
- system-wide pptp connection
- password field get emptied on saving connection profile
- when attempting to connect, it fails immediately, syslog shows 'No VPN secrets!' message (strictly with that spelling).
affects: latest NM in karmic and also packages from
deb http://
latest as of now. (network-
Identical user-level profile works fine
Where does system-wide vpn connection supposed to save password?
Is there a valid syntax to manually add it as a property to /etc/NetworkMan
Changed in network-manager-pptp (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → plugmeter (plugmeter) |
Changed in network-manager-pptp (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | plugmeter (plugmeter) → nobody |
I have the exact same problem.
Shot in the dark: GDM settings are now hidden away in the "gdm" user's gconf settings (grumble grumble). Maybe NetworkManager looks in root's keyring for system-connection passwords?