Bug#515751: If possible, make vpnc-connect/disconnect work for non-root users

2012-01-11 Thread Florian Schlichting
tags 515751 + wontfix thanks Hi David, to use vpnc as ordinary user, have a look at network-manager-vpnc or kvpnc. For vpnc itself I don't think suid is going to happen any time soon. /usr/sbin/vpnc currently has an option --script, and by default relies on a shell script /etc/vpnc/vpnc-script

Bug#515751: If possible, make vpnc-connect/disconnect work for non-root users

2009-02-17 Thread David Bremner
Package: vpnc Version: 0.5.1r334-1 Severity: wishlist My use pattern of vpnc (especially for a laptop) is connect, work for a bit, disconnect. Since connections seem to get lost occasionally, leaving connected does not really seem possible. In this situation it seems unfortunate to require root