A fix for this was included in Debian and is included in the development branch of Ubuntu (Saucy, 13.10). The chosen fix is to use the nobody/nogroup user/group by default.
For the affected users, a workaround is to create the "openvpn" user/group with this command: sudo adduser --system --no-create-home --home /nonexistent --disabled- login --group openvpn -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/546442 Title: VPN relies on nonexistent user/group "openvpn" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-openvpn/+bug/546442/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
