Erik, I'm using StrongVPN. I've used the same .ovpn now for several years and it used to work fine.
I tried opening US West.ovpn from your .zip and it came in fine. I could not actually test the configuration of course since I didn't have username and password. I suppose this points to a compatibility issue? After successful import of your file, I went to StrongVPN and got a newer .ovpn file. It uses inline certs instead of separate cert files. Sadly, when I try to import it I get this error message: Cannot import VPN connection The file 'xxxx.ovpn' could not be read or does not contain recognized VPN connection information Error: Key file contains line 'remote 72.18.194.140 500 udp' which is not a key-value pair, group, or comment. Perhaps this will give someone a clue as to the issue here. Thanks for your help! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager-applet in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1294899 Title: Import saved VPN connection has been Recently Broken Status in OpenVPN: Invalid Status in network-manager-applet package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in network-manager-openvpn package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in network-manager-applet source package in Trusty: Fix Released Status in network-manager-openvpn source package in Trusty: Invalid Status in network-manager-applet source package in Utopic: Fix Released Status in network-manager-openvpn source package in Utopic: Invalid Status in network-manager-openvpn package in Debian: Fix Released Bug description: SRU Request: [Impact] Attempting to import a saved VPN connection file results in a segault. This is regression in Ubuntu 14.04 that worked correctly in previous versions. [Test Case] 1- install network-manager-openvpn and network-manager-openvpn-gnome 2- from the network-manager indicator, click on Edit Connections 3- Click on Add 4- Select Import a saved VPN configuration, and open the file in comment #28 Expected results: a window should appear with the imported information Current results: network-manager's connection editor segfaults [Regression potential] This SRU simply adds a couple of missing sections to the 11-user-connections.patch patch that went missing. If the fix is broken, either the vpn files won't import, or creating a new vpn connection could break completely. Original description: I believe recent changes have broken network-manager-openvpn feature that allows you to "Import saved VPN connection". I've tested this feature with bundles that I've definitely imported successfully in the past. Now, not only does it not import, but it gives absolutely no feedback at all; the window just disappears as though I didn't just ask it to import a VPN.conf file. The folder (I'm importing the .conf file from) includes all the necessary supporting files. I'm very sure this is not a user error on my part. I've done this several times in the past and I'm certain that the files (that are currently being ignored without dialog feedback) are exactly the same as they were when I was able to import successfully a few weeks ago. I've tested this on multiple machines that have Ubuntu 14.04 installed and fully updated. And, even if the files were indeed corrupted (which I'm certain they are not), the fact that the UI just disappears, instead of showing an error, is a bug within itself. Also, I'd like to point out, that I was able to set up this VPN bundle manually. The point of this bug is to report that the ability to import via .conf files (so that you don't have to set things manually) has recently became nonfunctional. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/openvpn/+bug/1294899/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
