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network-manager-openvpn package

  1. Yakkety (16.10)
  2. Bug #1297849
  3. Comment #63

Comment 63 for bug 1297849

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Audun Gangsto (audun-m) wrote : Re: Virtual private network connection fails after distribution upgrade due to outdated Network Manager configuration files

I have additional info to this:
I have the same problem, with openvpn and openconnect, I don't get a GUI asking me for the secrets, and this entry appears in syslog:
[nm-vpn-connection.c:1374] get_secrets_cb(): Failed to request VPN secrets #2: (6) No agents were available for this request.

If i save the secrets in the config, it works for those connections not using one-time-passwords (for obvious reasons).

However, I'm using a homedir restored from a working trusty system, and I have this problem.

If i do a fresh install without restoring anything, it works.

I noticed SVN started asking me for a password, leading me to believe some keyring software is broken and network-manager depends on that to ask for secrets.

It makes no sense to use some keyring stuff for asking for passwords which are most likely going to be one-time-passwords, and if the keyring stuff breaks, network-manager should still be able to request secrets the "normal" way.

I'll try to do more research around this, but most likely I won't have much time for this :(