Bug 1467910 - NetworkManager PPTP plugin doesn't work
Summary: NetworkManager PPTP plugin doesn't work
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora EPEL
Classification: Fedora
Component: NetworkManager-pptp
Version: epel7
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Lubomir Rintel
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-07-05 13:34 UTC by Pavel Roschin
Modified: 2018-11-05 03:23 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

Fixed In Version: NetworkManager-pptp-1.2.8-1.el7
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2018-11-05 03:23:36 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Pavel Roschin 2017-07-05 13:34:38 UTC
Description of problem:
NetworkManager PPTP plugin from EPEL repository doesn't work.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
NetworkManager-bluetooth-1.4.0-12.el7.x86_64
NetworkManager-1.4.0-12.el7.x86_64
NetworkManager-libnm-1.4.0-12.el7.x86_64
NetworkManager-team-1.4.0-12.el7.x86_64
NetworkManager-libreswan-gnome-1.2.4-1.el7.x86_64
NetworkManager-adsl-1.4.0-12.el7.x86_64
NetworkManager-wwan-1.4.0-12.el7.x86_64
NetworkManager-pptp-1.1.0-3.20150428git695d4f2.el7.x86_64
NetworkManager-tui-1.4.0-12.el7.x86_64
NetworkManager-pptp-gnome-1.1.0-3.20150428git695d4f2.el7.x86_64
NetworkManager-wifi-1.4.0-12.el7.x86_64
NetworkManager-libreswan-1.2.4-1.el7.x86_64
NetworkManager-glib-1.4.0-12.el7.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install NetworkManager-pptp-gnome from EPEL
2. systemctl restart NetworkManager
3. nm-connection-editor -> Add

Actual results:
Message: vpn: (pptp,/etc/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-pptp-service.name) cannot load legacy-only plugin

Expected results:
PPTP in list of VPN connections.

Comment 1 Paulo Evangelista 2017-08-02 15:08:54 UTC
Same here. PPTP ins't showed in list of VPN connections.

Comment 2 thunder367 2017-11-05 13:09:39 UTC
Same.
NetworkManager-pptp                         x86_64                         1:1.1.0-3.20150428git695d4f2.el7
NetworkManager                             x86_64                             1:1.8.0-11.el7_4
NetworkManager-pptp-gnome                       x86_64                       1:1.1.0-3.20150428git695d4f2.el7                         epel

It's critical for me. Please fix it.

Comment 3 Stamatis 2018-01-27 15:35:36 UTC
I can confirm the same. Seems it's because its linked with the old libnm-util/libnm-glib and not with libnm. 

As a workaround I downloaded the latest source from gnome ( NetworkManager-pptp-1.2.4.tar.xz ) , compiled it manually and it's working fine.

Comment 4 Trevor Hemsley 2018-08-15 13:05:27 UTC
NetworkManager-pptp hasn't been updated in EPEL7 since 2015 and no longer functions with the current NetworkManager. I would suggest that it should be orphaned and removed if it's not going to get updated. It's currently useless as-is. As a VPN, pptp is pretty useless anyway.

Comment 5 Vinicius Trivinho 2018-10-03 13:40:24 UTC
It is critical for me too and I downloaded the latest source from gnome but can't get it working.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2018-10-04 10:01:43 UTC
NetworkManager-pptp-1.2.8-1.el7 has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 7. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2018-545d216655

Comment 7 Vinicius Trivinho 2018-10-04 12:51:42 UTC
It worked! Thanks!!

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2018-10-05 18:47:03 UTC
NetworkManager-pptp-1.2.8-1.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2018-545d216655

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2018-11-05 03:23:36 UTC
NetworkManager-pptp-1.2.8-1.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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