[Bug 364101] Re: network-manager-openvpn does not support all options supported by openvpn

[Matthew Twomey]

I am having the same issue. I occasionally use very simple openvpn
tunnels across already encrypted links and in those specific cases I'd
like to have encryption off and no authentication. Here is an example
config file:

------ cut here ----
remote 192.168.0.101 1000 
dev tun0 
ifconfig 10.10.10.2 10.10.10.1 
proto udp 
ping 5 
link-mtu 1366 
up-delay 
daemon
---- end of config file ----

There is no way to implement this  presently in "network-manager-
openvpn". I'd suggest something like this:

1. Allow an "expert option" to simply specify an openvpn config file to
be used for the connection.

2. Include an "advanced" area where the user is allowed to edit the
options that will be used (e.g. what follows '/usr/sbin/openvpn' while
referencing variable from the rest of the configuration gui. For
example:

Edit Command Line: --remote $Gateway $lzo --nobind --dev $tun_or_tap
--proto $proto --port $port    ...etc

The gui would dynamically build this command line while you edited
and/or checked/unchecked options (similar to the way several IDEs do for
a compiler/linker).

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network-manager-openvpn does not support all options supported by openvpn
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