Re: NM-vpn no vpn secrets

[Alexander Sack <asac ubuntu com>]

On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 07:17:46PM -0500, Neal Becker wrote:
> On Wednesday 02 December 2009, Dan Williams wrote:
> > 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).

I remember that there was a bug about not being able to configure VPNs
that have no password. maybe thats the case here? Maybe just an overly
strict settings verify?


 - Alexander