> Hi,
> you don't need Networkmanager to run a vpn (even if it makes
> it more comfortable at a first glance). Running a vpn is as easy as:
> 1) open a terminal
> 2) get root permissions with su or use sudo
> 3) run: "openvpn --config /home/somedir/somefile.ovpn"
> 4) when you are done with the vpn hit Ctrl-C in the terminal
> and everything (routing , etc...) will be reset as before.
Tito, thanks for the encouragement. I installed openvpn, created
~/openvpn/config.ovpn (I inferrfed that the location and the name of
the .ovpn file is arbitary). I then do # openvpn --config
/home/openvpn/config.vpn. But command unknown.
Where am I going wrong?
Haines