Bug 23758 - cannot add openvpn from gnome settings, Add button never gets enabled/doesn't show reason why
Summary: cannot add openvpn from gnome settings, Add button never gets enabled/doesn't...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: GNOME maintainers
QA Contact:
URL: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/networ...
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Reported: 2018-10-26 12:08 CEST by Christian Lohmaier
Modified: 2018-10-27 21:07 CEST (History)
1 user (show)

See Also:
Source RPM: networkmanager-openvpn-1.8.8-1.mga7.src.rpm
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Attachments
import dialog that never enables the add button (119.28 KB, image/png)
2018-10-26 12:10 CEST, Christian Lohmaier
Details

Description Christian Lohmaier 2018-10-26 12:08:27 CEST
Description of problem:
try to add a openvpn connection from a .ovpn file, you won't be able to proceed until you specify a private CA key, which the connection doesn't actually require.

The dialog doesn't give you any hint however that that would be required.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. open gnome-settings, goto network
2. hit add button on vpn category, pick import from file
3. import dialog comes up with the settings as defined in the file, but add button is never enabled

see upstream bug for more details/fix/revert of the problematic commit
Comment 1 Christian Lohmaier 2018-10-26 12:10:52 CEST
Created attachment 10428 [details]
import dialog that never enables the add button

and even if you specify a file for private key (e.g. the user key), it is not accepted/not stored.
When editing the connection after it has been added, it is again set to none, and to commit any edit you have to specify one again.
Marja Van Waes 2018-10-27 21:07:23 CEST

CC: (none) => marja11
Assignee: bugsquad => gnome


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