Bug 365260

Summary: NetworkManager applet doesn't display VPN tun-devices
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: cryzed
Component: Networks widgetAssignee: Jan Grulich <jgrulich>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: normal CC: jgrulich, lukas
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: master   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description cryzed 2016-07-08 22:50:41 UTC 
The NetworkManager applet has stopped displaying the "tun" device (tun0 in my case) entry when I connect to my VPN using OpenVPN's "systemd@.service". The Network Monitor Plasma widget still recognizes that tun0 exists and displays traffic correctly. The device also definitely shows up with correct routing in "$ ip route".

This seems like a regression since it has worked in earlier Plasma versions and it allowed me to quickly check if I am connected to my VPN by clicking on the tray icon.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. # systemctl start enable openvpn@configuration
2. Expand NetworkManager applet

Actual Results:  
The "tun" device, as configured in the OpenVPN client configuration, doesn't show up.

Expected Results:  
The "tun" device, as configured in the OpenVPN client configuration, should show up.

I am running Arch Linux with the latest updates installed, no packages ignored.
Comment 1 Jan Grulich 2016-07-19 13:28:08 UTC 
We decided not to show up tun connections as displaying them is useless for majority of users. We already show the active VPN connection which user activates using NetworkManager and the tun connection would be like a duplicate.
Comment 2 Ben Cooksley 2024-12-23 18:26:03 UTC 
Bulk transfer as requested in T17796