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Bug 733649 - nmcli should be able to ask for passwords in the terminal (at least for VPN)
nmcli should be able to ask for passwords in the terminal (at least for VPN)
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 705998
Product: NetworkManager
Classification: Platform
Component: nmcli
git master
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: NetworkManager maintainer(s)
NetworkManager maintainer(s)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-07-24 05:11 UTC by Sergio Durigan Junior
Modified: 2014-07-24 18:23 UTC
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Description Sergio Durigan Junior 2014-07-24 05:11:45 UTC 
Hello,

I am not sure this is a valid RFE, but I decided to file it anyway.  I think nmcli is a great tool, especially for people (like me) who use remote systems with NetworkManager installed.  However, I really miss being able to connect to my employer's VPN without having to worry about exporting X and so on.  The VPN in question does not have a fixed password; instead, it uses a combination of a key + a randomnly generated number as the password, so I cannot save this information in a config file.  Therefore, when I need to (re)connect to it, I need to type this password every time.

To summarize: it would be nice to receive a text prompt asking for the password (maybe when $DISPLAY is not set?).

Thank you.
Comment 1 Thomas Haller 2014-07-24 18:23:45 UTC 
There is already bug 705998 for that. Closing as duplicate.

Thanks for your input!!

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 705998 ***