Need to connect to IPcop openVPN (2ndd try)

[Reinhold Rumberger]

On Monday 26 April 2010, Jim Cunning wrote:
> On Tuesday 20 April 2010 09:51:11 Jim Cunning wrote:
> > I need to connect openVPN from my desktop with knetworkmanager
> > to a remote IPcop firewall.  The firewall generates a client
> > .p12 configuration file, but knetworkmanager wants x.509 .pem
> > certificates and key.  My desktop connects via wifi to my home
> > router.
> > 
> > I found via google a script using openssl commands to convert
> > the .p12 file to 3 x.509 files (CA, cert and key), and set them
> > knetworkmanager doesn't seem to do anything with them.  Right
> > clicking on the task bar icon reveals the VPN I configured, but
> > no right click on it only shows a grayed-out "Copy IP Address"
> > and "Properties".
> > 
> > What have I not done properly?  Thanks for any help.
> 
> Is there no one running KDE that uses knetworkmanager and VPNs?

I am using both KDE and VPNs, but I wouldn't dream of using NM in any 
form, using any frontend...
Can't you just use a static configuration and openvpn or something 
similar?

  --Reinhold