Public bug reported:
If an openvpn connection has the private key password set to "Ask for
this password everytime", when an incorrect password is typed into the
prompt upon connecting, rather than reprompt for the password on
password failure (or immediately fail), nm-openvpn just reattempts the
same password over and over for a minute.
The following is repeated in the logs every 2 seconds:
Oct 10 13:48:02 mubuntu nm-openvpn[27181]: NOTE: the current --script-security
setting may allow this configuration to ca
Oct 10 13:48:02 mubuntu nm-openvpn[27181]:
SIGUSR1[soft,private-key-password-failure] received, process restarting
The workaround is to wait a minute for some sort of timeout to occur or go into
the settings and flip the "Ask for this password everytime" option to force a
reprompt.
System info:
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
Release: 16.04
$ apt-cache policy network-manager-openvpn
network-manager-openvpn:
Installed: 1.1.93-1ubuntu1.1
Candidate: 1.1.93-1ubuntu1.1
Version table:
*** 1.1.93-1ubuntu1.1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1.1.93-1ubuntu1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
** Affects: network-manager-openvpn (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1722652
Title:
Silent private key password failure
Status in network-manager-openvpn package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
If an openvpn connection has the private key password set to "Ask for
this password everytime", when an incorrect password is typed into the
prompt upon connecting, rather than reprompt for the password on
password failure (or immediately fail), nm-openvpn just reattempts the
same password over and over for a minute.
The following is repeated in the logs every 2 seconds:
Oct 10 13:48:02 mubuntu nm-openvpn[27181]: NOTE: the current
--script-security setting may allow this configuration to ca
Oct 10 13:48:02 mubuntu nm-openvpn[27181]:
SIGUSR1[soft,private-key-password-failure] received, process restarting
The workaround is to wait a minute for some sort of timeout to occur or go
into the settings and flip the "Ask for this password everytime" option to
force a reprompt.
System info:
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
Release: 16.04
$ apt-cache policy network-manager-openvpn
network-manager-openvpn:
Installed: 1.1.93-1ubuntu1.1
Candidate: 1.1.93-1ubuntu1.1
Version table:
*** 1.1.93-1ubuntu1.1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1.1.93-1ubuntu1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
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