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  1. Bug #278153
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Comment 7 for bug 278153

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Tor Arne Pedersen (tor-pedersen) wrote : Re: [Intrepid] nm-applet VPN tab greyed out

It wouldn't be a bug if "configure vpn" was not an option without vpn plugin.

As is now, it looks like vpn is built-in to Ubuntu, but it's not, so its confusing for users. Many would think this is a bug, and when you have an option you can choose on the menu, but its not working, what is it then?

Options to solve this issue (if its not a bug, its at least an issue!)
a) VPN-connections and Configure VPN should not be visible by default
b) network-manager-vpnc should be installed by default
c) Selecting Configure VPN should (give an option to) install network-manager-vpnc

I vote for option b, since built-in vpn is something every OS should have.

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