I have this same issue on 14.10, it doesn't only impact VPN connections.
Just try creating a WiFi connection with "All users may connect to this
network" unchecked. In that case NetworkManager will attempt to access
the Gnome Keyring security agent and fail for some unknown reason. This
is where the problem lies.

In my case there is no need to delete that %gconf.xml file. Logging out
and then in again allows NetworkManager to talk to my Login keyring
correctly and everything just works again.

Not using Unity also works, or rather using Gnome (any of the Gnome
desktop options after installing the gnome package).

Look at the last post on this thread, this provided me with the best
clues as to where to look for what is going on here...
http://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=7458

Suggests there may be an issue with consolekit, what ever that may be.
But that could be a red herring. The Debian bug report listed goes into
more details about possible workarounds, none of which seemed applicable
as the consolekit startx configuration required to work around that
issue seems to already be in place in 14.10.

All I can say for certain is that NetworkManager can't talk to my Login
keyring (even though there is nothing in there). Any ideas on how to
decouple the Gnome Keyring dependancy entirely? I don't store passwords
in the thing anyway.

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