vpn setup

[Colin Law]

On 16 July 2014 13:06, nepal <nepal.roade at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 21:14:17 +1000
> Karl Auer <kauer at biplane.com.au> wrote:
>
>> I'm flying blind here, but just on general principles your internal
>> network shouldn't have anything to do with the VPN. However, it sounds
>> as if you have configured the VPN to come up automatically at boot
>> time. That means that it will be brought up with the rest of the
>> network.
>>
>> Configure it to require manual establishment, and your system should
>> boot without the VPN. You could, for example, go looking for a VPN
>> startup script in /etc/init and add an override file for it if you
>> find one...
>>
>> How exactly did you set up the VPN? I.e., using what tools? Andis it
>> asking for a password after you login, or before X starts?
>>
>> Regards, K.
>
> I had to install OpenVPN and then some gadmin packages in order to get
> the options I needed to show during setup.
>
> But Colin has nailed it. In my confusion, I entered the vpn password as
> the keyring password, and IIUC because it is not my user password that
> is why I have to enter it anew each boot.
>
> Thanks for the explanation about keyring tho, now it makes sense and I
> see why its called keyring. duh!

Glad to be of help

Colin