[Trisquel-users] OpenVPN configuration problems (with NordVPN)

[diego_public]

I subscribe to NordVPN and I'd like to use it. There seems to be a  
Long-standing bug in the gnome network manager (I found posts dating back to  
'12) where it does not always parse OpenVPN config files (i.e.: .ovpn  
extension files). A work-around that seems effective for some people is to  
dissect the config file manually, and then point network-manager to where the  
certificates and config files are located. I've tired this with no luck.

Strangely, I can start an OpenVPN session with the standard (un-parsed)  
config file by simply: "sudo openvpn --config name.of.nord.config.ovpn".
After I start a vpn session from the command line, everything connects but  
DNS does not work. I can ping outside addresses, like 8.8.8.8, but DNS  
lookups don't work.

So here's what I think the problem is, but I don't have a clue about how to  
fix it:
1) I think there is some kind of permissions problem trying to start openvpn  
with the gnome network-manager. I checked the "allow all users to use this  
connection", but find it odd that I can make all these modifications without  
every sudo-ing...

2) Regarding command line openvpn, DNS doesn't work. I the problem may reside  
in dhcp somehow, but I don't know how to go about fixing it. It seems like  
DHCP "should" accept and update-resolv from the openvpn configuration files.

Thanks for any help!