On 19/03/2022 09:06, Stella Ashburne wrote:
No thank you. I won't touch NetworkManager or its variants with a ten
foot pole. Why?
Reason #1
[quote] I am sorry but we do not support NetworkManager.
I would go so far as to say do not use it at all .. but Linux distros
think it is some sort of magic ..[end quote]
Reply by TinCanTech, Forum Team, to the original post "Can connect via
terminal, but not with NetworkManager" (URL:
https://forums.openvpn.net/viewtopic.php?t=26802)
Reason #2
[quote] Due to multiple, critical problems in network-manager-openvpn
which after years have not been solved we recommend to NOT use it.
Please understand that we will not provide support to
network-manager-openvpn. In GNU/Linux we recommend that you run our
free and open source software "Eddie", or our free and open source
software "Hummingbird", or OpenVPN directly [end quote]
A notice posted by the staff of AirVPN under the title "Using AirVPN
with Debian Network Manager (NOT RECOMMENDED)" (URL:
https://airvpn.org/forums/topic/11416-using-airvpn-with-debian-network-manager-not-recommended/
)
Eduardo, I do use VPNs frequently in my line of work and always use
the community edition of OpenVPN to connect to VPN servers directly.
Unfortunately I cannot say whether your use case will work with NM. I
occasionally use a wireguard firewall, but I don't think I've used
OpenVPN with NM.
However, note that the posts are from 2014 and 2018. A lot might have
changed since then.