I also cannot connect to a VPN:
Nov 23 23:44:10 hostname NetworkManager[932]: <info> [1511477050.1357] audit:
op="connection-activate" uuid="6efe21fb-3251-41d3-936d-7f1ee0e3ca9d" name="VPN"
pid=1776 uid=1000 result="success"
Nov 23 23:44:10 hostname NetworkManager[932]: <info> [1511477050.1855]
vpn-connection[0x560ddf83c0e0,6efe21fb-3251-41d3-936d-7f1ee0e3ca9d,"VPN",0]:
Started the VPN service, PID 31904
Nov 23 23:44:10 hostname NetworkManager[932]: <info> [1511477050.1958]
vpn-connection[0x560ddf83c0e0,6efe21fb-3251-41d3-936d-7f1ee0e3ca9d,"VPN",0]:
Saw the service appear; activating connection
Nov 23 23:44:10 hostname gnome-shell[1776]: Invalid VPN service type (cannot
find authentication binary)
Nov 23 23:44:10 hostname gnome-shell[1776]: Invalid VPN service type (cannot
find authentication binary)
Nov 23 23:44:10 hostname NetworkManager[932]: <error> [1511477050.3692]
vpn-connection[0x560ddf83c0e0,6efe21fb-3251-41d3-936d-7f1ee0e3ca9d,"VPN",0]:
Failed to request VPN secrets #3: No agents were availabl
Nov 23 23:44:10 hostname NetworkManager[932]: <info> [1511477050.3712]
vpn-connection[0x560ddf83c0e0,6efe21fb-3251-41d3-936d-7f1ee0e3ca9d,"VPN",0]:
VPN plugin: state changed: stopped (6)
Nov 23 23:44:18 hostname NetworkManager[932]: <info> [1511477058.5777] audit:
op="connection-activate" uuid="6efe21fb-3251-41d3-936d-7f1ee0e3ca9d" name="VPN"
pid=31913 uid=1000 result="success"
Nov 23 23:44:18 hostname NetworkManager[932]: <info> [1511477058.6045]
vpn-connection[0x560ddf83c2d0,6efe21fb-3251-41d3-936d-7f1ee0e3ca9d,"VPN",0]:
Started the VPN service, PID 31921
Nov 23 23:44:18 hostname NetworkManager[932]: <info> [1511477058.6195]
vpn-connection[0x560ddf83c2d0,6efe21fb-3251-41d3-936d-7f1ee0e3ca9d,"VPN",0]:
Saw the service appear; activating connection
Nov 23 23:44:18 hostname gnome-shell[1776]: Invalid VPN service type (cannot
find authentication binary)
Nov 23 23:44:18 hostname gnome-shell[1776]: Invalid VPN service type (cannot
find authentication binary)
Nov 23 23:44:18 hostname NetworkManager[932]: <error> [1511477058.6728]
vpn-connection[0x560ddf83c2d0,6efe21fb-3251-41d3-936d-7f1ee0e3ca9d,"VPN",0]:
Failed to request VPN secrets #3: No agents were availabl
Nov 23 23:44:18 hostname NetworkManager[932]: <info> [1511477058.6930]
vpn-connection[0x560ddf83c2d0,6efe21fb-3251-41d3-936d-7f1ee0e3ca9d,"VPN",0]:
VPN service disappeared
However, manually starting the VPN, i.e.
nmcli --ask connection up VPN
works.
If I don't provide the --ask, I get:
$ nmcli connection up VPN
A password is required to connect to 'VPN'.
Warning: password for 'vpn.secrets.password' not given in 'passwd-file' and
nmcli cannot ask without '--ask' option.
Error: Connection activation failed: No valid secrets
This seems to be similar to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1394977
** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #1394977
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1394977
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1725062
Title:
Network Manager Applet can't connect to VPN, but nmtui does
Status in Network Manager Applet:
Confirmed
Status in network-manager-applet package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
1) Ubuntu 17.10 Fresh install
2) network-manager-pptp/artful,now 1.2.4-4 amd64
VPN connection, created in network manager can't even turn on - slider goes
back to off right after your click on it. Connect via "connect" does nothing
too. I've tried to change option - store password/do not store password. No
errors shown,except syslog:
Oct 20 03:13:27 sabertooth NetworkManager[824]: <info> [1508458407.5923]
audit: op="connection-activate" uuid="709047eb-3254-419f-a152-0a8ff0c3a04b"
name="Schastye" pid=1603 uid=1000 result="success"
Oct 20 03:13:27 sabertooth NetworkManager[824]: <info> [1508458407.5966]
vpn-connection[0x55b89ac6b2c0,709047eb-3254-419f-a152-0a8ff0c3a04b,"Schastye",0]:
Started the VPN service, PID 5992
Oct 20 03:13:27 sabertooth NetworkManager[824]: <info> [1508458407.6019]
vpn-connection[0x55b89ac6b2c0,709047eb-3254-419f-a152-0a8ff0c3a04b,"Schastye",0]:
Saw the service appear; activating connection
Oct 20 03:13:27 sabertooth gnome-shell[1603]: Invalid VPN service type
(cannot find authentication binary)
Oct 20 03:13:27 sabertooth gnome-shell[1603]: Invalid VPN service type
(cannot find authentication binary)
Oct 20 03:13:27 sabertooth NetworkManager[824]: <error> [1508458407.6336]
vpn-connection[0x55b89ac6b2c0,709047eb-3254-419f-a152-0a8ff0c3a04b,"Schastye",0]:
Failed to request VPN secrets #3: No agents were available for this request.
Oct 20 03:13:27 sabertooth NetworkManager[824]: <info> [1508458407.6347]
vpn-connection[0x55b89ac6b2c0,709047eb-3254-419f-a152-0a8ff0c3a04b,"Schastye",0]:
VPN plugin: state changed: stopped (6)
If i try to connect to VPN via nmtui - everything works fine.
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