Thanks for your report. The issue you are describing was most likely caused by the fact that no VPN plugins were installed by default in Ubuntu releases prior to Lucid Lynx. As you mention in comment 1 that the issue is fixed in Lucid, I'm marking this as Fix Released.
For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status. Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find. ** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- Can not add a VPN in network-manager https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/538733 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs