GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 551939
VPN configuration export does not work
Last modified: 2010-06-13 15:03:39 UTC
Please describe the problem: Configured VPN connection can not be exported to a file. Steps to reproduce: 1. Configure VPN connection 2. Try to Export it to a file Actual results: I obtain a cryptic error message dialog: === Cannot export VPN connection The VPN connection 'vpn_test' could not be exported to vpn_test (pptp).conf. Error: unknown error. === Expected results: Configuration saved to a file. Does this happen every time? Yes. Other information:
I've got the same error when exporting. Besides, I can't import an openvpn config file, I keep getting this message: Error: The file to import wasn't a valid OpenVPN client configuration..
I can confirm this. Actually, there are many problems with import/export functionality. First of all, NM won't export VPN settings at all (tested with both openvpn and pptp plugins). Then, NM won't import configurations correctly. It won't import PPTP settings, and will only import parts of OpenVPN's config. Then it won't import settings exported with previous NM versions. Using NM version 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1, from Ubuntu 8.10
I can confirm this too, Only tried with OpenVPN import/export function, neither worked. Using NM version 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1 in Intrepid
I confirm this bug in Ubuntu 8.10 network-manager Version: 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1
It's a bug in both the openvpn and the pptp parts (/trunk/vpn-daemons/{pptp,openvpn}/properties/import-export.c). They don't seem to support export yet. However, they should provide a sensible error message. Importing with PPTP doesn't work for the same reasons.
this should really get split into two bugs, which I've just done: OpenVPN: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=573986 PPtP: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=573987 Marking INVALID since those two bugs should cover the issue.
This is VERY sad. This STILL doesn't work in version 0.8 in Ubuntu 10.04