[Bug 1215262] [NEW] Automatically Disconnect When Switching Between VPNs

[Lonnie Lee Best]

Public bug reported:

I often need to switch between multiple VPNs throughout my workday.

I realize that I must disconnect from the current VPN (I'm connected to)
before I can successfully connect to another. However, I'm tired of
having to explicitly disconnect (using the Network Manager's GUI) each
time I switch between VPNs.

Currently each time you switch to another VPN, if you are already
connected to a different VPN, the VPN you want to switch to is grayed
out; You must first disconnect by navigating through the Network
Manager's Indicator Menu to VPN Connections > Disconnect VPN. Then you
must repeat the same steps to connect to the other VPN you're intending
to switch to. So, it takes about 6 steps to switch to another VPN.

Although I can appreciate how these additional steps emphasize the fact
that you must disconnect from one VPN before connecting to another, now
that this fact is clear, I wish that the connection manager would allow
me to select another VPN (while I'm already connected to a different
VPN) and then *Automatically disconnect* before connecting to the VPN
I'm switching to.

If it is a priority to emphasize that "you'll be disconnected from you
current VPN if you switch to another", then this fact would be more
efficiently communicated via a warning dialog, upon selecting a
different VPN.

This dialog should have a check box that says "Don't warn me of this in
the future". So that once users understand that fact, they don't have to
be burdened with additional unnecessary steps in the future.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: network-manager-vpnc (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-27.40-generic 3.8.13.4
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-27-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Aug 21 22:48:16 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-17 (247 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: network-manager-vpnc
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-05-06 (107 days ago)

** Affects: network-manager
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: network-manager-applet
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: network-manager-openvpn
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: network-manager-vpnc (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 raring

** Also affects: network-manager-openvpn
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: network-manager
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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