Hi, My department switched last week to openVPN at the firewall and it is closing the SSH port. I can connect to the server as root running "openvpn --config client.ovpn" (with the config file provided by the department) and everything seems to work, even NX, as long as I keep that connection open.
But I would like to use a GUI tool to make the connection more convenient for the students in my lab. I tried KNetworkManager, but it failed with: 'ConnectFailed', with message 'The VPN login failed because the VPN program could not connect to the VPN server.'. VPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn' signaled state change 3 -> 5. VPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn' signaled state change 5 -> 6. VPN Service org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn: could not stop connection 'MECE' because service was 6. Kvpnc had the advantage of being able to read the "client.ovpn" file in the setup wizard and it seemed to go a little further, but then also broke: success: Connection established. info: Successful disconnected. info: Connection duration was 00 hours, 00 minutes, 03 seconds info: Reconnect after connection lost enabled, reconnecting... error: The management port cant bind, please try again later. info: Successful connect try canceled. In addition, Kvpnc requires the root password to start, which is what I wanted to avoid, if possible. Does anyone know what the error messages above mean? Is there another GUI, like KnetworkManager, that starts an openVPN connection without requiring root password? -- Carlos FL Who is General Failure, and why is he reading my disk? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
