[vpn-help] Gui strangely changing config entries

[Michael]

Hello list,

On Tues., March 31, 2010, Clemens Perz wrote:
>Michael wrote:
>> When using the Qt GUI to configure 'n:client-banner-enable:0' and
>> turn it off, I continue by pressing 'Save'. If I go back and look
>> at the configuration afterwards, then banner setting is enabled
>> again and set to 'n:client-banner-enable:1'. What is going on?
>>
>> A similar problem (or misunderstanding) ocurrs when I set the
>> 's:ident-client-type:asn1dn' to ASN.1. After saving and coming
>> back the entry is always set to 's:ident-client-type:fqdn'.
>>
>> I'm using the Shrew ike daemon (packaged with the Qt client)
>> version 2.1.4 on Ubuntu Linux 9.10.
>>
>> Does anyone know the reason for this strange behaviour?
>>
>I saw that too. I installed 2.1.6-beta-4 on Ubuntu 9.10. When you
>open the settings, uncheck the banner and save - the banner will
>not be shown. Reopen the page in the gui, the option is checked
>again, but still will not be shown on connect. But if you change
>anything in the config and save it, the connect banner is back -
>until you switch it off and save again.
>
Okay, so after getting a few replies (some privately) I assume
that this is a bug in the software. I think it is time to switch
to using the command line client which I think is called ikea,
and write the config files by hand.

Regards,
Michael