Nov 23 23:44:10 hostname NetworkManager[932]: <info> [1511477050.1357] audit: op="connection-activate" uuid="6efe21fb-3251-41d3-936d-7f1ee0e3ca9d" name="VPN" pid=1776 uid=1000 result="success"
Nov 23 23:44:10 hostname NetworkManager[932]: <info> [1511477050.1855] vpn-connection[0x560ddf83c0e0,6efe21fb-3251-41d3-936d-7f1ee0e3ca9d,"VPN",0]: Started the VPN service, PID 31904
Nov 23 23:44:10 hostname NetworkManager[932]: <info> [1511477050.1958] vpn-connection[0x560ddf83c0e0,6efe21fb-3251-41d3-936d-7f1ee0e3ca9d,"VPN",0]: Saw the service appear; activating connection
Nov 23 23:44:10 hostname gnome-shell[1776]: Invalid VPN service type (cannot find authentication binary)
Nov 23 23:44:10 hostname gnome-shell[1776]: Invalid VPN service type (cannot find authentication binary)
Nov 23 23:44:10 hostname NetworkManager[932]: <error> [1511477050.3692] vpn-connection[0x560ddf83c0e0,6efe21fb-3251-41d3-936d-7f1ee0e3ca9d,"VPN",0]: Failed to request VPN secrets #3: No agents were availabl
Nov 23 23:44:10 hostname NetworkManager[932]: <info> [1511477050.3712] vpn-connection[0x560ddf83c0e0,6efe21fb-3251-41d3-936d-7f1ee0e3ca9d,"VPN",0]: VPN plugin: state changed: stopped (6)
Nov 23 23:44:18 hostname NetworkManager[932]: <info> [1511477058.5777] audit: op="connection-activate" uuid="6efe21fb-3251-41d3-936d-7f1ee0e3ca9d" name="VPN" pid=31913 uid=1000 result="success"
Nov 23 23:44:18 hostname NetworkManager[932]: <info> [1511477058.6045] vpn-connection[0x560ddf83c2d0,6efe21fb-3251-41d3-936d-7f1ee0e3ca9d,"VPN",0]: Started the VPN service, PID 31921
Nov 23 23:44:18 hostname NetworkManager[932]: <info> [1511477058.6195] vpn-connection[0x560ddf83c2d0,6efe21fb-3251-41d3-936d-7f1ee0e3ca9d,"VPN",0]: Saw the service appear; activating connection
Nov 23 23:44:18 hostname gnome-shell[1776]: Invalid VPN service type (cannot find authentication binary)
Nov 23 23:44:18 hostname gnome-shell[1776]: Invalid VPN service type (cannot find authentication binary)
Nov 23 23:44:18 hostname NetworkManager[932]: <error> [1511477058.6728] vpn-connection[0x560ddf83c2d0,6efe21fb-3251-41d3-936d-7f1ee0e3ca9d,"VPN",0]: Failed to request VPN secrets #3: No agents were availabl
Nov 23 23:44:18 hostname NetworkManager[932]: <info> [1511477058.6930] vpn-connection[0x560ddf83c2d0,6efe21fb-3251-41d3-936d-7f1ee0e3ca9d,"VPN",0]: VPN service disappeared
However, manually starting the VPN, i.e.
nmcli --ask connection up VPN
works.
If I don't provide the --ask, I get:
$ nmcli connection up VPN
A password is required to connect to 'VPN'.
Warning: password for 'vpn.secrets.password' not given in 'passwd-file' and nmcli cannot ask without '--ask' option.
Error: Connection activation failed: No valid secrets
I also cannot connect to a VPN:
Nov 23 23:44:10 hostname NetworkManager[ 932]: <info> [1511477050.1357] audit: op="connection- activate" uuid="6efe21fb- 3251-41d3- 936d-7f1ee0e3ca 9d" name="VPN" pid=1776 uid=1000 result="success" 932]: <info> [1511477050.1855] vpn-connection[ 0x560ddf83c0e0, 6efe21fb- 3251-41d3- 936d-7f1ee0e3ca 9d,"VPN" ,0]: Started the VPN service, PID 31904 932]: <info> [1511477050.1958] vpn-connection[ 0x560ddf83c0e0, 6efe21fb- 3251-41d3- 936d-7f1ee0e3ca 9d,"VPN" ,0]: Saw the service appear; activating connection 932]: <error> [1511477050.3692] vpn-connection[ 0x560ddf83c0e0, 6efe21fb- 3251-41d3- 936d-7f1ee0e3ca 9d,"VPN" ,0]: Failed to request VPN secrets #3: No agents were availabl 932]: <info> [1511477050.3712] vpn-connection[ 0x560ddf83c0e0, 6efe21fb- 3251-41d3- 936d-7f1ee0e3ca 9d,"VPN" ,0]: VPN plugin: state changed: stopped (6) 932]: <info> [1511477058.5777] audit: op="connection- activate" uuid="6efe21fb- 3251-41d3- 936d-7f1ee0e3ca 9d" name="VPN" pid=31913 uid=1000 result="success" 932]: <info> [1511477058.6045] vpn-connection[ 0x560ddf83c2d0, 6efe21fb- 3251-41d3- 936d-7f1ee0e3ca 9d,"VPN" ,0]: Started the VPN service, PID 31921 932]: <info> [1511477058.6195] vpn-connection[ 0x560ddf83c2d0, 6efe21fb- 3251-41d3- 936d-7f1ee0e3ca 9d,"VPN" ,0]: Saw the service appear; activating connection 932]: <error> [1511477058.6728] vpn-connection[ 0x560ddf83c2d0, 6efe21fb- 3251-41d3- 936d-7f1ee0e3ca 9d,"VPN" ,0]: Failed to request VPN secrets #3: No agents were availabl 932]: <info> [1511477058.6930] vpn-connection[ 0x560ddf83c2d0, 6efe21fb- 3251-41d3- 936d-7f1ee0e3ca 9d,"VPN" ,0]: VPN service disappeared
Nov 23 23:44:10 hostname NetworkManager[
Nov 23 23:44:10 hostname NetworkManager[
Nov 23 23:44:10 hostname gnome-shell[1776]: Invalid VPN service type (cannot find authentication binary)
Nov 23 23:44:10 hostname gnome-shell[1776]: Invalid VPN service type (cannot find authentication binary)
Nov 23 23:44:10 hostname NetworkManager[
Nov 23 23:44:10 hostname NetworkManager[
Nov 23 23:44:18 hostname NetworkManager[
Nov 23 23:44:18 hostname NetworkManager[
Nov 23 23:44:18 hostname NetworkManager[
Nov 23 23:44:18 hostname gnome-shell[1776]: Invalid VPN service type (cannot find authentication binary)
Nov 23 23:44:18 hostname gnome-shell[1776]: Invalid VPN service type (cannot find authentication binary)
Nov 23 23:44:18 hostname NetworkManager[
Nov 23 23:44:18 hostname NetworkManager[
However, manually starting the VPN, i.e.
nmcli --ask connection up VPN
works.
If I don't provide the --ask, I get:
$ nmcli connection up VPN password' not given in 'passwd-file' and nmcli cannot ask without '--ask' option.
A password is required to connect to 'VPN'.
Warning: password for 'vpn.secrets.
Error: Connection activation failed: No valid secrets
This seems to be similar to https:/ /bugzilla. redhat. com/show_ bug.cgi? id=1394977