GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 641254
[enh] support importing/exporting PPTP config as Microsoft VPN CMS files
Last modified: 2015-12-23 11:58:14 UTC
There appears to be some demand for having NetworkManager import configuration from Microsoft VPN files (CMS). From the downstream bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/711282 Which refers to a question on the Ubuntu StackExchange: http://askubuntu.com/questions/24290/how-to-connect-to-windows-pptp-vpn/24480 """ Currently it appears that Network Manager does not have the ability to import Microsoft's cms files. These are ini files with options on how to set up a vpn client for a configured network. see details here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc939869.aspx See example here: http://pastebin.com/FmgkFBcS Some users are attempting to connection to these networks and are finding they have issues as they can't manually map between the ini file and the network manager advanced settings. Although I would say that they shouldn't have to do it manually and importing of the file should work automatically. """
Is this bug report about vpnc?
No, as far as I can tell that's for PPTP (or pptp-like) connections.
*** Bug 573987 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Closing this (please feel free to reopen if you have anything to add). The CMS files don't contain VPN information; it's mere dial-ip/ppp settings. The acutal VPN configuration is in PBK files which link to a CMS. Credentials are stored separately. Windows doesn't seem to provide means for exporting a bundle with VPN connection settings nicely. PBK is the closest match, but we'd need to implement an API to choose between multiple connections.