Public bug reported: Attempting to establish an OpenVPN session via network-manager-openvpn fails with a password authentication error, even though the username and password I entered are correct. The following messages in syslog:
Feb 1 12:44:54 computer nm-openvpn[21582]: NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts Feb 1 12:44:54 computer nm-openvpn[21582]: UDPv4 link local: [undef] Feb 1 12:44:54 computer nm-openvpn[21582]: UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]209.148.113.36:1194 Feb 1 12:44:54 computer nm-openvpn[21582]: WARNING: 'link-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='link-mtu 1557', remote='link-mtu 1558' Feb 1 12:44:54 computer nm-openvpn[21582]: WARNING: 'comp-lzo' is present in remote config but missing in local config, remote='comp-lzo' Feb 1 12:44:54 computer nm-openvpn[21582]: [OpenVPN Server] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]209.148.113.36:1194 Feb 1 12:44:56 computer nm-openvpn[21582]: AUTH: Received control message: AUTH_FAILED Feb 1 12:44:56 computer nm-openvpn[21582]: SIGUSR1[soft,auth-failure] received, process restarting Feb 1 12:44:56 computer NetworkManager[1322]: nm-openvpn[21574] <warn> Password verification failed I am able to establish the session by manually running openvpn from the command line, using the same username, password, and the ovpn file from which NetworkManager imported the setttings. I'm running Xubuntu 16.10 (yakkety). I did not have this problem in Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial). ** Affects: network-manager-openvpn (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1661098 Title: auth_failed when attempting openvpn via networkmanager To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-openvpn/+bug/1661098/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs