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Spheerys
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With the original script, the VPN test is made on the pidfile of vpnc In my case, I'm using NetworkManager to connect my computer to my OpenVPN server and I don't have any pid file when the VPN connection is active

Is there a way to test if the VPN connection, managed by NetworkManager is active ?

I though to test the "not empty" result of the command :

ip addr | grep tun

... but I don't know how to test it inside the i3status.conf file...

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answered Jan 18 '13

Michael
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Nope, you need to wrap i3status with an external script in order to achieve that. See http://i3wm.org/i3status/manpage.html#externalscriptsprogramswith_i3status

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answered Feb 18 '15

tatpat
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updated Feb 18 '15

Adaephon
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One could use the following settings (example from the i3status manpage) to determine the VPN status:

order += "path_exists VPN"

path_exists VPN {
     # path exists when a VPN tunnel launched by nmcli/nm-applet is active
     path = "/proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/tun0"
}