Re: vpn makes nm applet go away ... but works.

["Robert G. Brown" <rgb phy duke edu>]

On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Robert G. Brown wrote:

> So, I'm glad that the VPN thing finally works out of NM, and I'm sad
> that it kills NM so that the use of these two pieces is mutually
> exclusive.  This is functional enough that I'm in no hurry for a fix but
> thought I'd report it in case I'm doing something obviously stupidly
> wrong.

Oops, I should probably include this trace of what happens.

Dec 12 00:28:36 lilith NetworkManager: <information> Will activate VPN
connection 'duke-mga-broadband', service
'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn', user_name 'rgb', vpn_data
'connection-type / password / dev / tun / remote /
duke-vpn-public.netcom.duke.edu / proto / udp / ca /
/tmp/vpnclient/rootcert / cert / / key / / comp-lzo / no / shared-key /
/ local-ip /  / remote-ip /  / username / rgb', route ''. 
Dec 12 00:28:36 lilith NetworkManager: <information> VPN Activation
(duke-mga-broadband) Stage 2 of 4 (Connection Prepare Wait) scheduled... 
Dec 12 00:28:36 lilith NetworkManager: <information> VPN Activation
(duke-mga-broadband) Stage 2 of 4 (Connection Prepare Wait) waiting... 
Dec 12 00:28:36 lilith NetworkManager: <information> VPN Activation
(duke-mga-broadband) Stage 2 of 4 (Connection Prepare Wait) complete. 
Dec 12 00:28:36 lilith NetworkManager: <information> VPN Activation
(duke-mga-broadband) Stage 3 of 4 (Connect) scheduled... 
Dec 12 00:28:36 lilith NetworkManager: <information> VPN Activation
(duke-mga-broadband) Stage 3 of 4 (Connect) sending connect request. 
Dec 12 00:28:36 lilith NetworkManager: <information> VPN Activation
(duke-mga-broadband) Stage 3 of 4 (Connect) request sent, waiting for
reply... 
Dec 12 00:28:36 lilith NetworkManager: <information> VPN service
'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn' signaled state change 6 -> 3. 
Dec 12 00:28:36 lilith kernel: audit(1165901316.563:350): avc:  denied {
execute } for pid=468 comm="nm-openvpn-serv" name="openvpn" dev=sda1
ino=1168126 scontext=user_u:system_r:NetworkManager_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:openvpn_exec_t:s0 tclass=file
Dec 12 00:28:36 lilith NetworkManager: <information> VPN service
'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn' signaled state change 3 -> 6. 
Dec 12 00:28:36 lilith NetworkManager: <WARNING>
nm_vpn_service_stop_connection (): (VPN Service
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn): could not stop connection
'duke-mga-broadband' because service was 6. 
Dec 12 00:28:36 lilith NetworkManager: file nm-vpn-service.c: line 459
(nm_vpn_service_stage3_connect_cb): assertion failed: (service != NULL)


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