Activity log for bug #280160

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2008-10-08 12:52:19 Thierry Carrez bug added bug
2008-10-09 19:37:30 Thierry Carrez description Binary package hint: network-manager-openvpn Using openvpn rc9-3ubuntu2 and network-manager-openvpn 0.7~~svn20080928t225540-0ubuntu1. When openvpn sends itself a SIGUSR1, network-manager-openvpn calls nm-openvpn-service-openvpn-helper with the "restart" parameter but that fails, resulting in the tearing down of the openvpn connection : nm-openvpn[5682]: [server] Inactivity timeout (--ping-restart), restarting nm-openvpn[5682]: SIGUSR1[soft,ping-restart] received, process restarting [...] nm-openvpn[5682]: UDPv4 link remote: 192.168.122.1:1194 nm-openvpn[5682]: [server] Peer Connection Initiated with 192.168.122.1:1194 nm-openvpn[5682]: Preserving previous TUN/TAP instance: tun0 nm-openvpn[5682]: /usr/lib/network-manager-openvpn/nm-openvpn-service-openvpn-helper tun0 1500 1541 10.8.0.6 10.8.0.5 restart NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin failed: 2 nm-openvpn[5682]: script failed: external program exited with error status: 1 nm-openvpn[5682]: Exiting NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin failed: 1 NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 6 NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state change reason: 0 NetworkManager: <WARN> connection_state_changed(): Could not process the request because no VPN connection was active. NetworkManager: nm_system_device_flush_ip4_routes_with_iface: assertion `iface_idx >= 0' failed NetworkManager: nm_system_device_flush_ip4_addresses_with_iface: assertion `iface_idx >= 0' failed NetworkManager: <info> Policy set (eth0) as default device for routing and DNS. nm-dispatcher.action: Script '/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/01ifupdown' exited with error status 1. NetworkManager: <debug> [1223468236.827482] ensure_killed(): waiting for vpn service pid 5674 to exit NetworkManager: <debug> [1223468236.828433] ensure_killed(): vpn service pid 5674 cleaned up That can occur by default just by inactivity : when connected using a udp-based openvpn, by default it uses "ping-restart 120" which will result in openvpn sending a SIGUSR1 to itself after 120 seconds of VPN inactivity. Running "sudo /usr/lib/network-manager-openvpn/nm-openvpn-service-openvpn-helper tun0 1500 1541 10.8.0.6 10.8.0.5 restart" on an opened connection results in: ** (process:5944): WARNING **: <WARN> helper_failed(): nm-openvpn-service-openvpn-helper did not receive a valid VPN gateway from openvpn Its return code is 1. Binary package hint: network-manager-openvpn Using openvpn rc9-3ubuntu2 and network-manager-openvpn 0.7~~svn20080928t225540-0ubuntu1. When openvpn sends itself a SIGUSR1, network-manager-openvpn calls nm-openvpn-service-openvpn-helper with the "restart" parameter but that fails, resulting in the tearing down of the openvpn connection : nm-openvpn[5682]: [server] Inactivity timeout (--ping-restart), restarting nm-openvpn[5682]: SIGUSR1[soft,ping-restart] received, process restarting [...] nm-openvpn[5682]: UDPv4 link remote: 192.168.122.1:1194 nm-openvpn[5682]: [server] Peer Connection Initiated with 192.168.122.1:1194 nm-openvpn[5682]: Preserving previous TUN/TAP instance: tun0 nm-openvpn[5682]: /usr/lib/network-manager-openvpn/nm-openvpn-service-openvpn-helper tun0 1500 1541 10.8.0.6 10.8.0.5 restart NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin failed: 2 nm-openvpn[5682]: script failed: external program exited with error status: 1 nm-openvpn[5682]: Exiting NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin failed: 1 NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 6 NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state change reason: 0 NetworkManager: <WARN> connection_state_changed(): Could not process the request because no VPN connection was active. NetworkManager: nm_system_device_flush_ip4_routes_with_iface: assertion `iface_idx >= 0' failed NetworkManager: nm_system_device_flush_ip4_addresses_with_iface: assertion `iface_idx >= 0' failed NetworkManager: <info> Policy set (eth0) as default device for routing and DNS. nm-dispatcher.action: Script '/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/01ifupdown' exited with error status 1. NetworkManager: <debug> [1223468236.827482] ensure_killed(): waiting for vpn service pid 5674 to exit NetworkManager: <debug> [1223468236.828433] ensure_killed(): vpn service pid 5674 cleaned up That can occur by default just by inactivity : when connected using a udp-based openvpn, by default it uses "ping-restart 120" which will result in openvpn sending a SIGUSR1 to itself after 120 seconds of VPN inactivity.
2008-10-13 13:57:07 Thierry Carrez network-manager-openvpn: importance Undecided Medium
2008-10-13 13:57:07 Thierry Carrez network-manager-openvpn: statusexplanation
2008-12-06 11:42:46 Vladimir Elizarov bug added attachment 'openvpn-log' (openvpn-log)
2008-12-22 15:23:37 Alexander Sack bug assigned to network-manager
2008-12-22 15:23:51 Alexander Sack network-manager-openvpn: status New Triaged
2009-01-07 06:21:08 Bug Watch Updater network-manager: status Unknown Confirmed
2010-01-04 12:17:28 dasdsadsada removed subscriber Retrry
2010-09-16 15:51:03 Bug Watch Updater network-manager: importance Unknown High
2010-09-28 06:27:40 elijah bug added subscriber elijah
2010-12-16 09:06:09 Jonathan Ernst bug added subscriber Jonathan Ernst
2011-02-27 23:43:55 Daniel Dumitrache bug watch added https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/ticket/93
2011-02-27 23:49:13 Daniel Dumitrache bug added subscriber Daniel Dumitrache
2011-02-27 23:51:09 Daniel Dumitrache removed subscriber Daniel Dumitrache
2011-02-27 23:51:42 Daniel Dumitrache bug added subscriber Daniel Dumitrache
2011-07-21 14:54:02 Colan Schwartz bug added subscriber Colan Schwartz
2011-07-21 15:02:15 Colan Schwartz bug task added openvpn
2011-07-22 08:15:44 Bug Watch Updater openvpn: status Unknown New
2011-07-29 20:02:09 Craig bug added subscriber Craig
2011-10-14 17:14:48 Colan Schwartz tags oneiric
2012-04-24 15:08:56 Julian Alarcon bug added subscriber Julian Alarcon
2012-04-24 15:09:28 Julian Alarcon tags oneiric oneiric precise
2012-05-16 11:26:34 Thierry Carrez removed subscriber Thierry Carrez
2013-05-25 04:44:05 ealbiter bug added subscriber ealbiter
2014-04-24 06:46:56 Bug Watch Updater network-manager: status Confirmed Fix Released
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