Re: NetworkManager and OpenVPN

[Geoffrey Leach <geoff hughes net>]

On 12/16/2008 07:37:17 AM, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-12-15 at 13:43 -0800, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> > On 12/15/2008 09:45:15 AM, Dan Williams wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2008-12-15 at 09:25 -0800, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> > > > On 12/15/2008 07:44:08 AM, Dan Williams wrote:
> > > > > On Sun, 2008-12-14 at 10:05 -0800, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> > > > > > Could someone outline (or provide a pointer to) the role
> played
> > > by 
> > > > > > NetworkManager-openvpn (in v 0.7)? I notice that the 
> openvpm
> 
> > > > > service
> > > > > 
> > > > > > dies on startup, although there appear to be no ill effects 
> > > from
> > > > > that.
> > > > > 
> > > > > You my be running an older version of openvpn (2.1 rc8 or
> lower?) 
> > > > > that
> > > > > doesn't accept the --script-security argument.  Is that the
> case?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Basically, NetworkManager-openvpn is the openvpn plugin to
> allow
> > > NM 
> > > > > to
> > > > > connect to OpenVPN VPN servers.  When you ask NM to activate
> an
> > > > > OpenVPN
> > > > > connection, NM launches nm-openvpn-service which handles the
> > > actual
> > > > > connection task.
> > > > > 
> > > > > If --script-security isn't the problem, then we can try to
> debug
> > > this
> > > > > further by just running '/usr/libexec/nm-openvpn-service' as 
> > > root,
> > > > > then
> > > > > connecting from the NM applet menu.  That will spit out more 
> > > debug
> > > > > info,
> > > > > which we can look at to find out what the problem is.
> > > > 
> > > > I'm running openvpn-2.1-0.28.rc9.fc10.i386
> > > > 
> > > > I'm happy to assist with any debugging.  FWIW,
> wpa_supplicant.log
> > > gets 
> > > > CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS on executing /usr/libexec/nm-openvpn-
> > > service
> > > as 
> > > > root.  In that log, I see 
> > > > Trying to associate with 00:18:4d:88:55:c2 (SSID='Netgear' 
> > > freq=2462
> > > 
> > > > MHz)
> > > > Associated with 00:18:4d:88:55:c2
> > > > CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:18:4d:88:55:c2 
> completed
> > > (auth) 
> > > > [id=0 id_str=]
> > > > CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
> > > > ....
> > > 
> > > What's the output from running "/usr/libexec/nm-openvpn-service"
> as
> > > root, and then trying to connect with NM?  That program should
> print
> > > out
> > > some information that we can use to debug further.
> > 
> > Hmmmm ... perhaps I don't get it.
> > Stopped NM
> > execute nm-openvpn-service
> > Start NM
> > 
> > NM starts normally; no output. Should I be looking elsewhere?
> 
> Did you then activate the VPN connection from the applet menu?

Aaaaa Ha! No I did not. Can you point me to doc on how to configure?