It goes further.
If the desktop/laptop only has IPv6 (no IPv4 connectivity) nm-openvpn
tries to connect to the IPv4 host and fails, disregardless, that an AAAA
record is available and reachable.
Essentially, nm-openvpn does not allow for tcp6-client or udp6-client to
be configured or to be autoselected. If IPv6 connectivity is available
and an AAAA record for the OpenVPN Server is in place, tcp6-client or
udp6-client should be tried/initiated first with fallback to tcp-client
/udp-client.
If no IPv6 connectivity is available, then trying tcp6-client/udp6-client is
not needed.
If no IPv4 connectivity is available, then trying tcp-client/udp-client is not
needed.
It has either to be autoguessed (like the Android OpenVPN app does) or
be configurable. As it is now, nm-openvpn does neither.
ii network-manager 1.2.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
i386 network management framework (daemon and userspace
tools)
ii network-manager-gnome 1.2.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.4
i386 network management framework (GNOME frontend)
ii network-manager-openvpn 1.1.93-1ubuntu1
i386 network management framework (OpenVPN plugin core)
ii network-manager-openvpn-gnome 1.1.93-1ubuntu1
i386 network management framework (OpenVPN plugin GNOME
GUI)
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS"
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1508064
Title:
nm-openvpn IPV6 problem with AAAA only record
Status in network-manager-openvpn package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
I cannot connect to an OpenVPN server with AAAA only record : it
cannot resolve host address
journalctl -f :
oct. 20 16:03:29 nfl-pad nm-openvpn[29304]: RESOLVE: Cannot resolve
host address: xxx.xxx.xxx: Name or service not known
Versions :
ii network-manager 0.9.10.0-4ubuntu15.3
amd64 network management framework (daemon and
userspace tools)
ii network-manager-gnome 0.9.10.1-0ubuntu4.1
amd64 network management framework (GNOME frontend)
ii network-manager-openvpn 0.9.10.0-1ubuntu1
amd64 network management framework (OpenVPN plugin
core)
ii network-manager-openvpn-gnome 0.9.10.0-1ubuntu1
amd64 network management framework (OpenVPN plugin
GNOME GUI)
Of course it works perfectly from command line ... without NM...
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