Public bug reported:
1.) The release of ubuntu:
Description: Ubuntu 25.04
Release: 25.04
2.) Version of the package:
1.12.0-2
Some details about my VPN settings:
Authentication type: Passowrd
CA certificate: client-cap.pem
I loaded the VPN configuration from a file provided by my employer. I have been
successfully using it in other linux notebook for a period of a fey years
already.
3.) I tried to actually use the VPN connection. I filled in the password
field and tried to activate the VPN. I expected the VPN to start
working.
4.) The networkmanager failed to open the VPN connection asking me for
the password again and again and again. The password was correct for
sure. What was missing (and at first I did not know about it) was the
VPN username. I do not remember if I was ever asked for it on this
ubuntu system. Most likely not, because today I discovered the VPN
username field to be empty.
So, the bug or a quite undesired feature is that OpenVPN in my
configuration does not inform user that the VPN username field is empty.
It just asks for the password repeatedly, ignoring the empty VPN
username field and being absolutely silent about it, thus giving he user
impression that the password is incorrect.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.04
Package: network-manager-openvpn-gnome 1.12.0-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.14.0-22.22-generic 6.14.5
Uname: Linux 6.14.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.32.0-0ubuntu5.2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Jun 20 12:42:58 2025
InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-03-21 (91 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 25.04 "Plucky Puffin" - Daily amd64 (20250315)
SourcePackage: network-manager-openvpn
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: network-manager-openvpn (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug plucky wayland-session
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OpenVPN does not inform user abour missing login name and silently
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