It seems like this is fixed in a upstream version in the gnome package, https://github.com/GNOME/network-manager-openvpn/commit/28636684a268e280accaeb378f00f4a80e9e0377 I haven't tried it, but the commit comment is quite clear.
"import: fix parsing of key direction The direction was ignored if the 'key-direction' statement appeared after 'tls-auth' or 'secret'." -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1643282 Title: key-direction not respected on OVPN import To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-openvpn/+bug/1643282/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs