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wicd and nmcli conflict, so how can I get onto a VPN if not through nmcli con up?










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  • You can do it from the CLI, follow this guide: help.ubuntu.com/community/… The cnfiguration and the commands are different depending on VPN: OpenVPN, PPTP, VPNC

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  • Thanks @MariusMatutiae. Do you know where nmcli stores the configuration settings for nmcli list? I can't see passwords etc from the nm-applet gui because they're ••••••••••'ed out.

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  • I have them under /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections. I am not sure this is the same as Ubuntu, though.

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wicd and nmcli conflict, so how can I get onto a VPN if not through nmcli con up?










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  • You can do it from the CLI, follow this guide: help.ubuntu.com/community/… The cnfiguration and the commands are different depending on VPN: OpenVPN, PPTP, VPNC

    – MariusMatutiae
    May 26 '15 at 18:28











  • Thanks @MariusMatutiae. Do you know where nmcli stores the configuration settings for nmcli list? I can't see passwords etc from the nm-applet gui because they're ••••••••••'ed out.

    – isomorphismes
    May 26 '15 at 18:43













  • I have them under /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections. I am not sure this is the same as Ubuntu, though.

    – MariusMatutiae
    May 26 '15 at 19:23














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  • You can do it from the CLI, follow this guide: help.ubuntu.com/community/… The cnfiguration and the commands are different depending on VPN: OpenVPN, PPTP, VPNC

    – MariusMatutiae
    May 26 '15 at 18:28











  • Thanks @MariusMatutiae. Do you know where nmcli stores the configuration settings for nmcli list? I can't see passwords etc from the nm-applet gui because they're ••••••••••'ed out.

    – isomorphismes
    May 26 '15 at 18:43













  • I have them under /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections. I am not sure this is the same as Ubuntu, though.

    – MariusMatutiae
    May 26 '15 at 19:23



















  • You can do it from the CLI, follow this guide: help.ubuntu.com/community/… The cnfiguration and the commands are different depending on VPN: OpenVPN, PPTP, VPNC

    – MariusMatutiae
    May 26 '15 at 18:28











  • Thanks @MariusMatutiae. Do you know where nmcli stores the configuration settings for nmcli list? I can't see passwords etc from the nm-applet gui because they're ••••••••••'ed out.

    – isomorphismes
    May 26 '15 at 18:43













  • I have them under /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections. I am not sure this is the same as Ubuntu, though.

    – MariusMatutiae
    May 26 '15 at 19:23

















You can do it from the CLI, follow this guide: help.ubuntu.com/community/… The cnfiguration and the commands are different depending on VPN: OpenVPN, PPTP, VPNC

– MariusMatutiae
May 26 '15 at 18:28





You can do it from the CLI, follow this guide: help.ubuntu.com/community/… The cnfiguration and the commands are different depending on VPN: OpenVPN, PPTP, VPNC

– MariusMatutiae
May 26 '15 at 18:28













Thanks @MariusMatutiae. Do you know where nmcli stores the configuration settings for nmcli list? I can't see passwords etc from the nm-applet gui because they're ••••••••••'ed out.

– isomorphismes
May 26 '15 at 18:43







Thanks @MariusMatutiae. Do you know where nmcli stores the configuration settings for nmcli list? I can't see passwords etc from the nm-applet gui because they're ••••••••••'ed out.

– isomorphismes
May 26 '15 at 18:43















I have them under /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections. I am not sure this is the same as Ubuntu, though.

– MariusMatutiae
May 26 '15 at 19:23





I have them under /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections. I am not sure this is the same as Ubuntu, though.

– MariusMatutiae
May 26 '15 at 19:23










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