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network-manager-openvpn package

  1. Yakkety (16.10)
  2. Bug #1297849
  3. Comment #57

Comment 57 for bug 1297849

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Julien Béti (julien-beti) wrote : Re: Virtual private network connection fails after distribution upgrade due to outdated Network Manager configuration files

I got the issue upgrading from 14.04 to 14.10. In syslog:
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Nov 3 09:15:34 XXX NetworkManager[1121]: <info> Starting VPN service 'openvpn'...
Nov 3 09:15:34 XXX NetworkManager[1121]: <info> VPN service 'openvpn' started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn), PID 17585
Nov 3 09:15:34 XXX NetworkManager[1121]: <info> VPN service 'openvpn' appeared; activating connections
Nov 3 09:15:34 XXX NetworkManager[1121]: <error> [1415002534.275472] [nm-vpn-connection.c:1374] get_secrets_cb(): Failed to request VPN secrets #2: (6) No agents were available for this request.
Nov 3 09:15:34 XXX NetworkManager[1121]: <info> Policy set 'xxx' (wlan0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
Nov 3 09:15:36 XXX wpa_supplicant[1552]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED
Nov 3 09:15:39 XXX NetworkManager[1121]: <info> VPN service 'openvpn' disappeared
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I solved this doing that:
~$ mv .local/share/keystore/ .local/share/keystore.bkp