Hello,
I have the same problem with ubuntu karmic 9.10 fully updated...
Jan 27 15:05:02 mickael-laptop NetworkManager: Starting VPN service
'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn'...
Jan 27 15:05:02 mickael-laptop NetworkManager: VPN service
'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn' started
Bogus credentials with OpenVPN work fine, still it's a serious bug!
However the 'Connect automatically' option DOES NOT WORK. It seems that
it does nothing, instead of bringing up the VPN upon login.
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Thanks Justin,
I have managed to go a little further with your ideas. But still I am not able
to connect. Here is the log from syslog
Dec 30 21:51:04 sayantan-laptop NetworkManager: Starting VPN service
'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp'...
Dec 30 21:51:04 sayantan-laptop NetworkManager:
I am using 9.10 without the keyring. Here is my log trace. What can I do
to get vpn working?
Dec 28 20:02:11 hiawatha NetworkManager: Starting VPN service
'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp'...
Dec 28 20:02:11 hiawatha NetworkManager: VPN service
'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp' start
I am using OpenVPN, too. Adding bogus credentials fixes it for me, too.
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Yes, I am using OpenVPN, too. Adding bogus credentials fixes it for me,
too.
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@Martin Emrich - I use Karmic x64 and see exactly the same issue "VPN
could not be started".
As you say: "Sometimes it helps to try again several times, or to try
again after a few minutes. Then the connection works fine. Smells like
some race condition or timeout." This does work but it seems p
Tom: Your private key password conversion tip rocks. Saved me a bunch of
troubleshooting headaches and nudged me to be more secure with my keys.
Thanks!
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To those who have problems with private keys without password :
You can create new private key WITH password by running :
openssl rsa -in OLD_PRIVATE_KEY.key -des3 -out NEW_PRIVATE_KEY.key
You will ba asked for password , so enter something and remember( or
write it down) .
Don't forget
Oh, I forgot to say that I never had a problem with Jaunty, though.
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I experience another variation of this problem:
My setup is: Karmic (i386 netbook remix, fresh install, fully updated),
vpnc-plugin, password-based VPN (user and group passwords saved via
network-manager)
- On first connection attempt after a boot everything is okay
- After a disconnect (manually
@unggnu: I use the OpenVPN plugin on karmic i386 (including karmic-
proposed), and I still see the problem. I click on an OpenVPN
connection, and the notification immediately pops up with a message that
the vpn service could not be started.
Sometimes it helps to try again several times, or to try
Same problem here, but the solutions above don't help. openvpn works in
command line just fine. I'm using the ultravnp.fr service with password
authentication. 9.10 here, up to date.
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I never posted this, sorry. I'm using Ubuntu Karmic, fully updated.
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OK. I got this to work. it seems that I only had to uncheck "Available
to all users." and have the proper network items selected (i.e, no eap,
use MPPE, 40-bit encryption, don't allow bsd compression, don't allow
Deflate data compression) and it would then save the password into the
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I am experiencing the same problem. The password does not get saved and
it never asks when trying to connect. Syslog shows VPN connection 'VPN
connection 1' failed to connect: 'No VPN secrets!'
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In can confirm this doesn't work in karmic with the exact same settings
I used in jaunty (where it worked). I also get "no VPN secrets" when
connecting to an OpenVPN. cmdline client works fine.
If I use a connection with certificates and password, it works. If my
certificates are not password-prot
still have 'No VPN secrets!' for pptp, and password field is emptied in
system connection
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The OpenVPN plugin seems to work fine in current Karmic. Can anyone
confirm this?
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Do not know if this is a same problem:
I am not able to save password in system-wide pptp connection, field remains
blank.
NM does not ask for password when connecting, and there is an error in syslog:
nm_vpn_connection_connect_cb(): VPN connection 'VPN1' failed to connect: 'No
VPN secrets!'
use
FYI, that bug suddenly happen on my jaunty box few days/weeks ago (maybe due to
an upgrade cause there were no configuration change).
Simply deleting the password for the SSL private key in SeaHorse
("Applications" > "Accessories" > "Passwords and Encryption Keys") did the
trick. Network Manager
I also have this problem, but only if I very quickly after startup try
to connect to my VPN. After few failed attempts it will eventually
succeed.
On the other hand if I wait a while after startup before connecting,
then the first attempt will succeed.
Is something loading at startup and is requi
i'm still having this problem in jaunty. I'm connection toa openvpn server with
certificates which don't have passwords.
Is there any workaround?
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houstonbofh [2009-07-09 12:18 -]:
> If the fix is causing regressions, it is also causing them in Jaunty
> and Karmic.
That's an invalid assumption, as reality has shown us. (See bug
207072, for example)
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Alexander Sack wrote:
> jaunty is out long enough, we won't put effort into fixing bugs in
> intrepid anymore - and hence risking regressions for those that are
> happy.
>
> ** Changed in: network-manager-openvpn (Ubuntu Intrepid)
>Status: Triaged => Won't Fix
This is one thing I never un
No, sorry :( Can someone set this as triaged again? Appears I can't...
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Status: Fix Released => Confirmed
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isnt this fixed in jaunty/karmic? if not, please reopen.
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jaunty is out long enough, we won't put effort into fixing bugs in
intrepid anymore - and hence risking regressions for those that are
happy.
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I still have this problem after upgrading my machine to Ubuntu 9.04.
I don't have the OpenVPN plugin (I don't even know what it is :)
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I don't know what happened but suddenly it worked for me too some time
ago without a configuration change. Maybe it was an update or server
change.
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Just tried OpenVPN on Jaunty - no problem here.
NetworkManager with OpenVPN plugin
Type: Cerificates (TLS)
provided the 3 files for User, CA and Private Key, typed in my password
everything else left at default (will try setting routes sometime)
Worked out of the box (Jaunty upgraded from hardy aft
Confirmed on an up-to-date Jaunty; no secrets found. However, I'm using
passworded certificates. Maybe that's the problem!
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I'm with unggnu, previous openvpn connection in intrepid worked ok but
with jaunty I'm getting "there were no valid VPN secrets". openvpn
connects ok from command line.
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Seems to be still an issue in Jaunty with openvpn network manager
plugin. Works fine with Hardy.
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Problem seems to have resolved itself after restart. Sorry about the
above post.
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I am unsure if this is the appropriate place to post, but I have
encountered the same bug in Jaunty, even with up to date PPA packages.
vpnc seems to work from the command line just fine, but the network
manager applet continually gives a "The VPN connection '' failed
because there were no vali
Bryan, do the PPA packages work for you?
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will upload openvpn fix to proposed tomorrow. sorry for the delay.
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Recent Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10 install (last week or so)
Installed network-manager-pptp
Created a PPTP Connection and entered the username and password
Connection failed as above due to "unable to find valid VPN secrets"
Upgraded network-manager-pptp to 0.7~~svn20081015t024626-0ubuntu1.8.10.1
Netwo
This bug was fixed in the package network-manager-pptp -
0.7~~svn20081015t024626-0ubuntu1.8.10.1
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* LP: #259168 Network Manager unable to connect to PPTP VPN (bad NT-Domain
escaping
** Attachment added: "proposed openvpn fix"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20024119/keyring_free_openvpn.patch
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NM core seems not to have this issue.
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verified that -openvpn is affected too.
** Also affects: network-manager-openvpn (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Importance: Undecided => High
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: network-manager-openvpn (Ubuntu Intr
Ansus:
* Does not set up routes for VPN. When entering they simply do not apper in the
table of routes.
-> different issue. we have a bug for route issues and VPN
* Does not connect VPN on startup even with "Autoconnect" option enabled.
-> haven't heard of this one. Please file a new bug.
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The old Network Manager PPTP plugin had a checkbox to enable pppd
debugging output, so you had something to go on (not that it helped
much).
Eric: have you tried enabling MPPE and requiring 128-bit keys? That's
what solved my VPN connection problems.
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** Tags removed: verification-needed
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The update has solved the password problem, but I still get a failed
connection with very few clues to debug further. The information put in
/var/log/syslog and /var/log/daemon is very sparse. It makes me believe
that the PPTP client of Linux is so incompatible with the Windows VPN
server that the
Before installing the update out of intrepid-backports, it still crashed.
After installing the update it works fine! Everyone who put effort into getting
this bug sorted out: Thank you!
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The issues discussed above work well.
Altough
* Does not set up routes for VPN. When entering they simply do not apper
in the table of routes.
* Does not connect VPN on startup even with "Autoconnect" option
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Accepted into intrepid-proposed, please test and give feedback here.
Please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for
documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!
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Status: In Progress => Fix Committed
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* LP: #259168 Network Manager unable to connect to PPTP VPN (bad NT-Domain
escaping); we improve ppp domain i
uploading network-manager-
pptp_0.7~~svn20081015t024626-0ubuntu1.8.10.1_source.changes to ubuntu
/intrepid-proposed
uploading network-manager-
pptp_0.7~~svn20081015t024626-0ubuntu2_source.changes to ubuntu/jaunty
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initiating SRU for pptp part.
** Description changed:
+ To verify, reproduce:
+
+ 1. Run
+
+/usr/lib/network-manager-pptp/nm-pptp-auth-dialog -u 1234 -n lalala
+ -s org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp
+
+ 2. Enter some password
+ 3. Check 'remember password for this session'
+ 4. Press 'Ok
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Experiencing same bug, Intrepid. Testing out solutions.
Also, an option to resize the authentication methods should be
mandatory.
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I have the same problem, but even after I removed the password from the keys,
it keeps failing to connect. It seems to fail the MS-CHAP authentication.
As I can understand from the last posts, there is no fix to be expected,
because no one knows how to release it or wants to do it. I am more and
I believe an unfortunately side effect of having PPAs is that people
just add them to their systems and don't spend the time to have the
issue resolved in the mainline distribution resulting in bugs like this
becoming stalled.
Unfortunately I don't know the procedure to push this bug onwards
other
More importantly, why is there no interest, and who is it that is
supposed to be interested anyway?
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That's not very helpful - how does one go about doing it oneself?
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No interest, I think.
Volunteer and do it yourself.
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The updated packages in the ppa also solve the issue for me. What's the
delay in moving network-manager to intrepid-proposed for further
testing?
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Hello!
Thanks for the fixed package. When this fixed package will be in
Intrepid main or mabe in intrepid-proposed?
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I want to thank everybody who helped with a work-around and Alexander
thank you for the fix! Any idea when the update will be distributed? If
that will take weeks I will use the PPA, but if it is a matter of days I
would rather just wait.
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pptp fix committed in PPA with patch from bug 292681:
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sorry. last one should have been bug 292681.
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ok, for -pptp the fix in PPA (from bug 291737) works. i will check
whether the other plugins have a similar issue.
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Status: Confirmed => Triaged
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Yes, now it remembers the password. But still cannot add routes to the
connection properties.
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OK, I uploaded a new package with a potential fix for bug 292681:
network-manager-pptp_0.7~~svn20081015t024626-0ubuntu2~nm3_source.changes
please test if that helps here (from http://launchpad.net/~network-
manager/+archive PPA (intrepid)).
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Marius, I made a bug out of your crash: bug 292681!
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Hi, I just wanted to let you know that the latest network manager from
"deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/network-manager/ubuntu intrepid main"
still fails with "shared secrets" error if password is saved in the
keyring.
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also, though i doubt that this bug is fixed there, you could test the
latest NM pptp plugin for intrepid here: http://launchpad.net/~network-
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marius, could you install the -dbgsym packages for network-manager
libnm-util0 and libnm-glib0 and network-manager-pptp and then get the
same backtrace you posted?
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Have the same problem. Can't connect the Internet, using Windows
instead.
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Here's a patch that fixes the problem for me. It should be harmless:
removing that g_free() doesn't leak memory because all memory is freed
when the short-lived helper program exits.
** Attachment added: "patch to fix the problem"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18978543/network-manager-pptp-lp2
Playing manually with the auth dialog:
1. Run
/usr/lib/network-manager-pptp/nm-pptp-auth-dialog -u 1234 -n lalala
-s org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp
2. Enter some password
3. Check 'remember password for this session'
4. Press 'Ok'
5. ^C the program because it doesn't close for some reaso
It works when entering VPN password by hand indeed, but I think this bug
is focused around the connection failure, after the password has been
saved to the keyring.
I have a pretty complex VPN password, that I don't want to memorize and
I have to manually copy-and-paste it from a plain text file.
Jonathan, that's the version of network-manager-pptp I have, and I'm
able to connect (when entering a password manually). Try configuring a
new connection, I think it will work. It did for me.
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Just updated to latest intrepid updates (network-manager-pptp
0.7~~svn20081015t024626-0ubuntu1) and I still can't connect to any of my
previous PPTP VPNs, no matter what I do with the password. Output of
/var/log/syslog says this when connecting with password stored in the
config:
Oct 28 10:24:26
I too have this same problem. Updated to release candidate today.
VPN working under Hardy this morning, but getting error unable to find
valid VPN secrets when attempting PPTP VPN using network-manager under
intrepid.The workaround of deleting passward from connection
information allows passw
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A more simple workaround is just deleting the password from the nm-
applet VPN connection editing dialog. It will ask for a password once
connecting. Just don't save it to the keyring, and it will work.
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Thanks anx, it works.
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i had this too on 8.10 after yesterdays patches.
workaround for me by system -> encryption and keyrings, deleting the
respective entrys and then connecting through the nm-widget. you'll be asked
for the password, enter it and you should be fine. for now... dont save it to
the keyring.
it seems
I get this too
connecting to a PPTP VPN server
Ubuntu 8.10
uname -a
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