diff -ur network-manager-openvpn-0.8~a~git.20091008t123607.7c184a9/src/nm-openvpn-service.c network-manager-pjf/src/nm-openvpn-service.c
--- network-manager-openvpn-0.8~a~git.20091008t123607.7c184a9/src/nm-openvpn-service.c	2009-10-14 23:55:23.000000000 +0200
+++ network-manager-pjf/src/nm-openvpn-service.c	2010-03-13 18:00:29.036988811 +0100
@@ -1001,7 +1001,8 @@
 		return FALSE;
 
 	/* Static Key doesn't need secrets; the rest do */
-	if (strcmp (connection_type, NM_OPENVPN_CONTYPE_STATIC_KEY)) {
+	//if (strcmp (connection_type, NM_OPENVPN_CONTYPE_STATIC_KEY)) {
+	if (0) {
 		if (!nm_openvpn_secrets_validate (s_vpn, error))
 			return FALSE;
 	}