Package: network-manager-openvpn Version: 0.7.1-1 Severity: grave Tags: patch
After upgrading from the previous version of the package in squeeze to the current version, I was unable to start the OpenVPN connection I use to secure my wireless network. Looking in /var/log/syslog revealed this: May 9 17:03:15 lflap2 NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 3 May 9 17:03:15 lflap2 NetworkManager: <info> VPN connection 'Home (at home)' (Connect) reply received. May 9 17:03:15 lflap2 NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_vpn_connection_connect_cb(): VPN connection 'Home (at home)' failed to connect: 'No VPN secrets!'. May 9 17:03:15 lflap2 NetworkManager: <WARN> connection_state_changed(): Could not process the request because no VPN connection was active. May 9 17:03:15 lflap2 NetworkManager: <info> Policy set 'Auto LICQUIA' (wlan0) as default for routing and DNS. Searching on the phrase "No VPN secrets" brought me to this Ubuntu bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-vpnc/+bug/360818 which contained this patch for the vpnc plugin: --- nm-vpnc-service.conf.fixed 2009-04-18 17:56:45.000000000 -0500 +++ nm-vpnc-service.conf 2009-04-18 17:57:37.000000000 -0500 @@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ <allow own="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc"/> <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc"/> </policy> + <policy user="at_console"> + <allow own="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc"/> + <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc"/> + </policy> <policy context="default"> <deny own="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc"/> <deny send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc"/> (Sorry if that's all screwed up; time to switch my default editor.) Applying that patch to /etc/dbus-1/system.d/nm-openvpn-service.conf, logging out, and logging back in caused OpenVPN support to work again. Why grave? Without this patch, I found it impossible to use OpenVPN from NetworkManager. That seems to qualify as "making the package unusable for all or most users". -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages network-manager-openvpn depends on: ii libc6 2.9-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.12-1 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.80-4 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libglib2.0-0 2.20.0-2 The GLib library of C routines ii libnm-glib-vpn0 0.7.1-1 network management framework (GLib ii libnm-glib0 0.7.1-1 network management framework (GLib ii libnm-util1 0.7.1-1 network management framework (shar ii openvpn 2.1~rc11-1 virtual private network daemon network-manager-openvpn recommends no packages. network-manager-openvpn suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
