Re: nmcli won't save VPN password

2020-07-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-07-23 20:45, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Ed Greshko writes: > >> >> What also needs to be documented, or I need to get better at searching, is >> what are the possible values >> for "option" when doing a modify of vpn.secrets and flags=1. >> >> "help" was of no "help". >> >> Error: failed to

Re: nmcli won't save VPN password

2020-07-23 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Ed Greshko writes: What also needs to be documented, or I need to get better at searching, is what are the possible values for "option" when doing a modify of vpn.secrets and flags=1. "help" was of no "help". Error: failed to modify vpn.secrets: 'help' is not valid; use =. I was able t

Re: nmcli won't save VPN password

2020-07-23 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Ed Greshko writes: On 2020-07-23 10:49, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > This means the password is stored in the user's key ring on a per- user basis. > > I haven't tried changing this via nmcli.  But, will investigate. FWIW nmcli connection modify US-East-NJ vpn.secrets "password=something" W

Re: nmcli won't save VPN password

2020-07-22 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-07-23 10:49, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > This means the password is stored in the user's key ring on a per-user basis. > > I haven't tried changing this via nmcli.  But, will investigate. FWIW nmcli connection modify US-East-NJ vpn.secrets "password=something" Works just fine for a log

Re: nmcli won't save VPN password

2020-07-22 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-07-23 10:49, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Ed Greshko writes: > >> On 2020-07-23 10:25, Sam Varshavchik wrote: >> > vpn.data:   auth = SHA512, ca = PEMFILEPATH,  >> > cipher = AES-256-CBC, comp-lzv = no-by-default, connection-type =  >> > password, dev = tun, mssfix =

Re: nmcli won't save VPN password

2020-07-22 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Ed Greshko writes: On 2020-07-23 10:25, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > vpn.data:   auth = SHA512, ca = PEMFILEPATH, cipher = AES-256- CBC, comp-lzv = no-by-default, connection- type = password, dev = tun, mssfix = 1450, password- flags = 1, ping = 15, ping-restart = 0,

Re: nmcli won't save VPN password

2020-07-22 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Ed Greshko writes: On 2020-07-23 10:15, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2020-07-23 09:20, Sam Varshavchik wrote: >> Some searching around found some hits suggesting that my /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/CONNECTIONNAME should have a [vpn- secrets] section, but mine does not. If I add it, run "

Re: nmcli won't save VPN password

2020-07-22 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-07-23 10:25, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > vpn.data:   auth = SHA512, ca = PEMFILEPATH,  > cipher = AES-256-CBC, comp-lzo = no-by-default, connection-type = password,  > dev = tun, mssfix = 1450, password-flags = 1, ping = 15, ping-restart = 0,  > remote = OP_ADDRESS,

Re: nmcli won't save VPN password

2020-07-22 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Ed Greshko writes: On 2020-07-23 09:45, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2020-07-23 09:20, Sam Varshavchik wrote: >> I'm trying to save an OpenVPN password via nmcli, in Fedora 32. I believe I should be executing: >> >> nmcli connection modify CONNECTIONNAME vpn.secrets "password=[PASSWORD]" >> >> So I

Re: nmcli won't save VPN password

2020-07-22 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-07-23 10:15, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2020-07-23 09:20, Sam Varshavchik wrote: >> Some searching around found some hits suggesting that my >> /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/CONNECTIONNAME should have a >> [vpn-secrets] section, but mine does not. If I add it, run "nmcli connection

Re: nmcli won't save VPN password

2020-07-22 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-07-23 09:20, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Some searching around found some hits suggesting that my > /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/CONNECTIONNAME should have a > [vpn-secrets] section, but mine does not. If I add it, run "nmcli connection > reload", "nmcli connection modify", that j

Re: nmcli won't save VPN password

2020-07-22 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-07-23 09:45, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2020-07-23 09:20, Sam Varshavchik wrote: >> I'm trying to save an OpenVPN password via nmcli, in Fedora 32. I believe I >> should be executing: >> >> nmcli connection modify CONNECTIONNAME vpn.secrets "password=[PASSWORD]" >> >> So I execute this as root

Re: nmcli won't save VPN password

2020-07-22 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-07-23 09:20, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > I'm trying to save an OpenVPN password via nmcli, in Fedora 32. I believe I > should be executing: > > nmcli connection modify CONNECTIONNAME vpn.secrets "password=[PASSWORD]" > > So I execute this as root, and this initially produces very promising no

nmcli won't save VPN password

2020-07-22 Thread Sam Varshavchik
I'm trying to save an OpenVPN password via nmcli, in Fedora 32. I believe I should be executing: nmcli connection modify CONNECTIONNAME vpn.secrets "password=[PASSWORD]" So I execute this as root, and this initially produces very promising noises in /var/log/messages: Jul 22 20:41:35 jack