Bug 1037799 - RFE: NM shouldn't ask for VPN group password when it is saved in the NM config
Summary: RFE: NM shouldn't ask for VPN group password when it is saved in the NM config
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Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: NetworkManager
Version: 19
Hardware: All
OS: All
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dan Williams
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-12-03 20:23 UTC by Karsten Hopp
Modified: 2015-02-17 19:30 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2015-02-17 19:30:52 UTC
Type: Bug


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Description Karsten Hopp 2013-12-03 20:23:49 UTC
Description of problem:
I've saved my VPN group password in the NM configuration and set the user password to 'always ask'. When I connect to the VPN the dialog shows some stars for the group password and it allows me to change it. IMHO it should be changeable only in the VPN config screen when the group password is set to 'save'. The stars don't need to be displayed when the user is asked for his VPN password.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
NetworkManager-0.9.8.8-2.fc19

Comment 1 Elyézer Rezende 2014-02-24 12:02:14 UTC
Also I have installed NetworkManager-vpnc-gnome under a Cinnamon Fedora install and when saving group password it is stored in the config dialog and when connecting it is blank (I need to fill the group to connect) and don't have the behavior described before.

Comment 2 Alex Lancaster 2014-04-30 21:19:55 UTC
I have a possibly related problem on F20 with:

NetworkManager-vpnc-gnome-0.9.8.2-2.fc20.x86_64

Now if I enter all passwords in the NM configuration box and select "Saved", if I then close the dialog and re-open, none of the passwords are saved.  Possibly related to this bug also reported via Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1043043 ?

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