[I'm not subscribed, so please keep me cced.] Hello! I've been successfully using the NetworkManager on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn :-) and just now gave its OpenVPN module a try. After having sorted out some difficulties with the certificates (see <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-openvpn/+bug/91615>) there is -- so far ;-) -- only one problem remaining: I connect to my university's wlan network and receive the following dns data: #v+ $ cat /etc/resolv.conf # generated by NetworkManager, do not edit! search rus.uni-stuttgart.de nameserver 129.69.1.28 nameserver 141.58.231.9 #v- If I now, however, establish the OpenVPN connection, all the ``search'' and ``nameserver'' lines disappear, so dns is in a non-functioning state. If I re-add those lines to `/etc/resolv.conf', everything is fine again. Here is what the log shows: #v+ May 24 12:17:50 dirichlet NetworkManager: <information>^IWill activate VPN connection 'Universität Stuttgart (default gateway)', service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn', user_name 'thomas', vpn_data 'connection-type / x509userpass / dev / tun / remote / openvpn.rus.uni-stuttgart.de / port / 1194 / proto / udp / ca / /fs/data/mount/home/thomas/tmp/vpn/userca.pem / cert / /fs/data/mount/home/thomas/tmp/vpn/usercert.pem / key / /fs/data/mount/home/thomas/tmp/vpn/userkey.pem / comp-lzo / yes / shared-key / / local-ip / / remote-ip / / username / etk43509 / cipher / AES-256-CBC', route ''. May 24 12:17:50 dirichlet NetworkManager: <information>^IVPN Activation (Universität Stuttgart (default gateway)) Stage 1 of 4 (Connection Prepare) scheduled... May 24 12:17:50 dirichlet NetworkManager: <information>^IVPN Activation (Universität Stuttgart (default gateway)) Stage 1 of 4 (Connection Prepare) ran VPN service daemon org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn (PID 7140) May 24 12:17:50 dirichlet NetworkManager: <information>^IVPN Activation (Universität Stuttgart (default gateway)) Stage 1 of 4 (Connection Prepare) complete. May 24 12:17:50 dirichlet NetworkManager: <information>^IVPN Activation (Universität Stuttgart (default gateway)) Stage 2 of 4 (Connection Prepare Wait) scheduled... May 24 12:17:50 dirichlet NetworkManager: <information>^IVPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn' signaled state change 1 -> 6. May 24 12:17:50 dirichlet NetworkManager: <information>^IVPN Activation (Universität Stuttgart (default gateway)) Stage 2 of 4 (Connection Prepare Wait) waiting... May 24 12:17:50 dirichlet NetworkManager: <information>^IVPN Activation (Universität Stuttgart (default gateway)) Stage 2 of 4 (Connection Prepare Wait) complete. May 24 12:17:50 dirichlet NetworkManager: <information>^IVPN Activation (Universität Stuttgart (default gateway)) Stage 3 of 4 (Connect) scheduled... May 24 12:17:50 dirichlet NetworkManager: <information>^IVPN Activation (Universität Stuttgart (default gateway)) Stage 3 of 4 (Connect) sending connect request. May 24 12:17:50 dirichlet NetworkManager: <information>^IVPN Activation (Universität Stuttgart (default gateway)) Stage 3 of 4 (Connect) request sent, waiting for reply... May 24 12:17:50 dirichlet NetworkManager: <information>^IVPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn' signaled state change 6 -> 3. May 24 12:17:50 dirichlet NetworkManager: <information>^IVPN Activation (Universität Stuttgart (default gateway)) Stage 3 of 4 (Connect) reply received. May 24 12:17:50 dirichlet NetworkManager: <information>^IVPN Activation (Universität Stuttgart (default gateway)) Stage 4 of 4 (IP Config Get) timeout scheduled... May 24 12:17:50 dirichlet NetworkManager: <information>^IVPN Activation (Universität Stuttgart (default gateway)) Stage 3 of 4 (Connect) complete, waiting for IP configuration... May 24 12:17:50 dirichlet nm-openvpn[7147]: OpenVPN 2.0.9 i486-pc-linux-gnu [SSL] [LZO] [EPOLL] built on Mar 2 2007 May 24 12:17:50 dirichlet nm-openvpn[7147]: WARNING: file '/fs/data/mount/home/thomas/tmp/vpn/userkey.pem' is group or others accessible May 24 12:17:50 dirichlet nm-openvpn[7147]: LZO compression initialized May 24 12:17:50 dirichlet nm-openvpn[7147]: UDPv4 link local: [undef] May 24 12:17:50 dirichlet nm-openvpn[7147]: UDPv4 link remote: 129.69.90.133:1194 May 24 12:17:51 dirichlet nm-openvpn[7147]: [openvpn.rus.uni-stuttgart.de] Peer Connection Initiated with 129.69.90.133:1194 May 24 12:17:52 dirichlet nm-openvpn[7147]: ECHO:+-------------- important notes --------------+ May 24 12:17:52 dirichlet nm-openvpn[7147]: ECHO:| May 24 12:17:52 dirichlet nm-openvpn[7147]: ECHO:| - this box will be used to deliver May 24 12:17:52 dirichlet nm-openvpn[7147]: ECHO:| important notes to you May 24 12:17:52 dirichlet nm-openvpn[7147]: ECHO:| May 24 12:17:52 dirichlet nm-openvpn[7147]: ECHO:+----------------- sincerely your vpn-admin --+ May 24 12:17:52 dirichlet nm-openvpn[7147]: TUN/TAP device tun0 opened May 24 12:17:52 dirichlet nm-openvpn[7147]: ifconfig tun0 129.69.205.114 pointopoint 129.69.205.113 mtu 1500 May 24 12:17:52 dirichlet nm-openvpn[7147]: /usr/lib/network-manager-openvpn/nm-openvpn-service-openvpn-helper tun0 1500 1558 129.69.205.114 129.69.205.113 init May 24 12:17:52 dirichlet NetworkManager: <information>^IVPN Activation (Universität Stuttgart (default gateway)) Stage 4 of 4 (IP Config Get) reply received. May 24 12:17:52 dirichlet NetworkManager: <WARNING>^I nm_system_vpn_device_set_from_ip4_config (): nm_system_device_set_from_ip4_config(): error -17 returned from rtnl_addr_add(): Netlink Error (errno = File exists) May 24 12:17:52 dirichlet nm-openvpn[7147]: ERROR: Linux route add command failed: shell command exited with error status: 7 May 24 12:17:52 dirichlet nm-openvpn[7147]: Initialization Sequence Completed May 24 12:17:53 dirichlet NetworkManager: <information>^IClearing nscd hosts cache. May 24 12:17:53 dirichlet NetworkManager: <WARNING>^I nm_spawn_process (): nm_spawn_process('/usr/sbin/nscd -i hosts'): could not spawn process. (Failed to execute child process "/usr/sbin/nscd" (No such file or directory)) May 24 12:17:53 dirichlet NetworkManager: <information>^IVPN Activation (Universität Stuttgart (default gateway)) Stage 4 of 4 (IP Config Get) complete. May 24 12:17:53 dirichlet NetworkManager: <information>^IVPN Activation (Universität Stuttgart (default gateway)) successful. May 24 12:17:53 dirichlet NetworkManager: <information>^IVPN service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn' signaled state change 3 -> 4. #v- To me, these logs suggest that setting up a new route failed, because there is already one set up. But I didn't investigate further. Any ideas? Just ask if you need further data. Regards, Thomas
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