You should be able to just drop this patch into the debian/patches directory, rebuild the package, and have it just work. The change contained within this patch is very minor, and easily reviewable.
-davidc
--- src/nm-openvpn-service.c 2006-11-01 11:33:28.000000000 -0500
+++ src/nm-openvpn-service.c 2008-05-15 01:05:08.000000000 -0400
@@ -370,8 +370,8 @@
if ( (io_data->username != NULL) &&
(io_data->password != NULL) ) {
gsize written;
- char *buf = g_strdup_printf ("username \"%s\" %s\n"
- "password \"%s\" %s\n",
+ char *buf = g_strdup_printf ("username \"%s\" \"%s\"\n"
+ "password \"%s\" \"%s\"\n",
auth, io_data->username,
auth, io_data->password);
/* Will always write everything in blocking channels (on success) */
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
} else if ( strcmp (auth, "Private Key") == 0 ) {
if ( io_data->certpass != NULL ) {
gsize written;
- char *buf = g_strdup_printf ("password \"%s\" %s\n",
+ char *buf = g_strdup_printf ("password \"%s\" \"%s\"\n",
auth, io_data->certpass);
// printf("1: sending: %s\n", buf);
/* Will always write everything in blocking channels (on success) */
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