Bug 19805

Summary:	Unable to configure a vpn that can be toggled on/off without root password
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Mark Adams <mark9117>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia tools maintainers <mageiatools>
Status:	RESOLVED OLD	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	marja11
Version:	5
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	drakx-net--2.24.2, drakxtools-16.104	CVE:
Status comment:

Description Mark Adams 2016-11-17 09:00:46 CET

Description of problem:
Unable to configure a vpn so that it can be toggled on/off without entering root password at a challenge.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
drakx-net-text Version 2.24.2, drakxtools Version 16.104

How reproducible:
I've been dealing with this since 2013.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Configure a vpn "your.vpn"
2. Use net_applet to activate that vpn by checking radio button for VPN Connection -> your.vpn
3. Observe challenge for root credentials even when draksec has been used to disable that security feature by initializing Draksec -> Network -> VPN and setting that feature to "No Password".

Comment 1 Mark Adams 2016-11-17 09:02:12 CET

I meant to include this thread in which troubleshooting was initially started: https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=6148

David Walser 2016-11-17 16:42:27 CET

Component: Security => RPM Packages
Assignee: bugsquad => mageiatools
QA Contact: security => (none)

Comment 2 Marja Van Waes 2018-07-12 11:05:29 CEST

Hi Mark,

Thank you for having taken the needed time to report this issue!

Did this bug get fixed? If so, please change its status to RESOLVED - FIXED

If it didn't, then we regret that we weren't able to fix it in Mageia 5. Mageia 5 has officially reached its End of Life on December 31st, 2017 https://blog.mageia.org/en/2017/11/07/mageia-5-eol-postponed/
It only continued to get important security updates since then, because we were waiting for the big Plasma5 update in Mageia 6, that fixed many of the Mageia 5 => 6 upgrade issues.

If you haven't seen that this bug got fixed, then please check whether this bug still exists in Mageia 6. If it does, then please change the Version (near the top, at the left) to "6". If you know it exists in Cauldron, then change Version to Cauldron. If you see it in both Cauldron and Mageia 6, then please set Version to Cauldron and add MGA6TOO on the Whiteboard.

Thanks,
Marja

CC: (none) => marja11
Source RPM: drakx-net-text Version 2.24.2, drakxtools Version 16.104 => drakx-net--2.24.2, drakxtools-16.104

Comment 3 Marja Van Waes 2018-07-12 11:08:28 CEST

@ Mark,

If you didn't reset your password after february 2018, then you'll need to reset it here https://identity.mageia.org/forgot_password to be able to log in and comment in this report.

Comment 4 Marja Van Waes 2018-10-07 16:57:22 CEST

No reply, so closing as OLD since Mageia 5 is no longer maintained.

Resolution: (none) => OLD
Status: NEW => RESOLVED