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[Kurt Kraut <ubuntu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm impressed by this bug. This is a huge regression. Sadly, PPTP is
still one of the most adopted protocols for VPN and for Ubuntu 14.10 and
later versions it is not possible to add/set a PPTP client. This feature
is totally vanished from NetworkManager GUI, even with the package
network-manager-pptp-gnome installed. Could any dev take a look at this,
please?

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Title:
  network manager cannot configure pptp VPN

Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in network-manager-pptp package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Release: vivid (fresh install)
  Packages:
      network-manager 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu34
      network-manager-pptp 0.9.8.2-1ubuntu2
      network-manager-pptp-gnome 0.9.8.2-1ubuntu2

  After installing network-manager-pptp-gnome, it is not possible to add
  a PPTP VPN from the networkmanager GUI.


  What I expected to happen:

      Network -> Add Network Connection -> VPN -> Select PPTP and
  configure with GUI

  What happened:

      Network -> Add Network Connection -> VPN
      pptp is not listed as a possible VPN type. Cannot graphically configure VPN.

  Possible cause:

      Copying an existing VPN configuration to /etc/NetworkManager
  /system-connections results in a VPN which does work. The option to
  add a new one is possibly because of a missing file:

      /etc/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-pptp-service.name includes:
      
      [GNOME]
      properties=/usr/lib/NetworkManager/libnm-pptp-properties

      which does not exist after installing the above packages.

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