password mode: save greyed out if certificate is not chosen

Bug #1786591 reported by Lev Plimak
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network-manager-openvpn (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

When: adding a new VPN connection under: VPN type "Password"
Problem: the "Save" button remains greyed out unless a "CA Certificate" is chosen.
Expected solution: a way to disable the "CA Certificate" setting.

Comments:

My VPN provider (TU Darmstadt) does not require a certificate, only a name/password pair. On the corresponding Network Manager tab, there is no way to disable the CA Certificate. The "Save" button remains grayed out unless some "CA Certificate" is chosen.

As a test, I attempted to add a certificate from another connection. The button was then accessible, but the connection could not be established.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: openvpn 2.3.10-1ubuntu2.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-30.32~16.04.1-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-30-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: LXDE
Date: Sat Aug 11 09:02:54 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-07-05 (36 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215)
SourcePackage: openvpn
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Lev Plimak (plimak) wrote :
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Lev Plimak (plimak) wrote :

Additional info: this bug appeared early this year (2018). Before that, there was no trouble saving without a certificate.

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Robie Basak (racb) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Sounds like this is a problem with the Network Manager OpenVPN plugin rather than OpenVPN itself, so I'm retasking the bug.

affects: openvpn (Ubuntu) → network-manager-openvpn (Ubuntu)
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