The Gnome NetworkManager has pluggable support for VPN software, including Cisco compatible VPNs (using vpnc), openvpn, and Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP). You need to simply install the NetworkManager VPN plugin and configure the user's machines with the VPN's settings. The first time they connect, the user will be asked for their passwords.
The Add tab is greyed out when required plugins are not installed for Gnome NetworkManager. The following plugins should be installed under Debian / Ubuntu Linux:
- network-manager-openvpn and network-manager-openvpn-gnome - network management framework OpenVPN plugin GNOME GUI
- network-manager-pptp and network-manager-pptp-gnome - network management framework PPTP plugin GNOME GUI
- network-manager-strongswan - network management framework strongSwan ipsec vpn plugin
- network-manager-vpnc and network-manager-vpnc-gnome - network management framework (VPNC plugin GNOME GUI)
$ sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn network-manager-pptp network-manager-vpnc
The following plugins should be installed under RHEL / Fedora / CentOS / Scientific Linux / Red Hat Enterprise Linux desktop systems:
- NetworkManager-openvpn : NetworkManager VPN plugin for OpenVPN
- NetworkManager-pptp : NetworkManager VPN plugin for pptp
- NetworkManager-vpnc : NetworkManager VPN plugin for vpnc
# yum install NetworkManager-vpnc NetworkManager-pptp NetworkManager-openvpn
Now, you can add vpn connection to your system using NetworkManager itself. You may need to restart the NetworkManager as follows:
# /etc/init.d/network-manager restart
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