[Bug 151867] Re: vpn pptp on Kubuntu is not available

[zanfur]

The gutsy version of network-manager-kde/knetworkmanager isn't compiled
with pptp support.  I've recompiled the package with pptp support, which
creates the pptp configuration interface, but there is a mismatch of
names:  The NetworkManager configuration calls it the "ppp" service, but
knetworkmanager calls it the "pptp" service.

I did get it to work.  Download the source package for network-manager-
kde, edit debian/rules to add "--with-pptp" to the
DEB_CONFIGURE_EXTRA_FLAGS variable, rebuild and reinstall the package,
then edit /etc/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-ppp-starter.name to change the
"name=ppp" line to "name=pptp".  Restart the NetworkManager service (and
knetworkmanager itself), and you'll be up and running.  This had no
effect on the Gnome applet, but allowed the KDE applet to connect
without problems.

I suppose you could also edit the network-manager-pptp package, but I
suspect that it would be cleaner to update the network-manager-kde
package to look for the correct vpn service name.

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vpn pptp on Kubuntu is not available
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/151867
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