Comment 4 for bug 273932

This is more than a wishlist bug. I've been seriously confused for some time about why all the boxes under the VPN tab are greyed out and it won't let me do anything. This is even more so given that network-manager offers a "Configure VPN" button in its main interface in the panel.

If the plugin can't be shipped out of the box, what network-manager should do is offer to install the relevant plugin (which I understand to be network-manager-vpnc) when a user tries to "Configure VPN", just like totem does for codecs or other applications do for essential packages. Alternatively, as suggested, this should be hidden.

I'd recommend that the priority of this bug be increased.