Re: NM-vpn no vpn secrets

[Neal Becker <ndbecker2 gmail com>]

On Wednesday 02 December 2009, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-11-30 at 08:17 -0500, Neal Becker wrote:
> > Fedora F12
> >
> > I can start vpn fine using service openvpn start.  But using nm-
> > applet,
> > it doesn't work.
> > Any ideas what I need to do here?  All the debugging I can find is
> > this:
> >
> > Nov 29 09:36:48 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Starting VPN
> > service
> > 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn'...
> > Nov 29 09:36:48 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  VPN service
> > 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn' started
> > (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn), PID 14227
> > Nov 29 09:36:48 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  VPN service
> > 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn' just appeared, activating
> > connections
> > Nov 29 09:36:48 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  VPN plugin state
> > changed: 3
> > Nov 29 09:36:48 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  VPN connection
> > 'nbecker' (Connect) reply received.
> > Nov 29 09:36:48 localhost NetworkManager: <WARN>
> > nm_vpn_connection_connect_cb(): VPN connection 'nbecker' failed to
> > connect: 'No VPN secrets!'.
> 
> What appears to be the issue here is that you haven't set any secrets in
> the connection editor the VPN.  That means passwords, shared keys, etc.
> Or that the secrets didn't pass validation.  When you open the
> connection editor, are your passwords still there?  If you're not
> entering any, are you asked for a password when you connect?
> 
> Dan
> 

I entered the certificates.  Same as I use to start openvpn manually.  No 
password is needed, and none is entered into 'Private key password' field (if 
that's what you mean).

I don't know if it's a permission issue.  The private key can only be read as 
root (but of course, that's normal).