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network-manager-openvpn package

  1. Bug #1304437
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 1304437

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Michal Sylwester (msylwester) wrote :

One more comment: I had a leftover IPv6 config on the server, which basically ment it was enabled but not really used. After disabling it (commenting out all "server-ipv6") everything works as it used to, just without IPv6.

I've noticed now what I missed before, in syslog (again, parts removed):
Apr 18 09:42:10 msylw-imac NetworkManager[1152]: <info> IPv4 configuration:
Apr 18 09:42:10 msylw-imac NetworkManager[1152]: <info> Forbid Default Route: yes
Apr 18 09:42:10 msylw-imac NetworkManager[1152]: <info> IPv6 configuration:
Apr 18 09:42:10 msylw-imac NetworkManager[1152]: <info> Forbid Default Route: no

My guess is that the ipv6 config also prevented the "old" default dns from being used for ipv4.
I have no idea whether it makes sense to have forbid default route for ipv4 but not for ipv6, and whether this should stay here or be considered configuration error.

BTW: I'm currently using kubuntu, and it lacks the dialog for configuring ipv6 for openvpn. If this would be considered invalid configuration then perhaps this has to be redirected as gui problem.