Comment 84 for bug 606365

This is working for me now. When I import into Network Manager, it literally tells me which line is the problem now, and whatever line that is, I comment it out and it works. Before, it would just tell me that there was an issue importing but it wasn't specific. But at least now, Network Manager helps me figure out the issue. I recently switched to Ubuntu GNOME, so I'm not sure if there's something specific with the GNOME implementation that displays specific errors, or if Network Manager has changed. At least it's working for me now, albeit with manual intervention being required.

In my opinion, the real issue at this point is that even though commenting out some lines helps, each line is valid and should be accepted. If I export an .ovpn file and use it via the command line, it works without issue (even without commenting out anything). In my view, if the config file is valid enough for OpenVPN itself, it should surely be valid for Network Manager. Perhaps the OpenVPN spec has updated and Network Manager hasn't been updated to match?