Public bug reported: Hello,
I tried to setup a pptp VPN using NM and I'm unable to connect. After having settings parameters, I activate the VPN in the GUI manager and get in syslog: Mar 9 11:50:47 localhost gnome-session[2163]: (nm-applet:2407): nm- applet-WARNING **: nma_menu_vpn_item_clicked: no active connection or device I try to debug and get the policies error: dh@deex:~$ /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-pptp-service --debug ** Message: nm-pptp-service (version 1.1.93) starting... ** Message: Error: failed to create NMPptpPlugin: Connection ":1.161" is not allowed to own the service "org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp" due to security policies in the configuration file If I execute this command with sudo there is no error but VPN still doesn't start. The same setup with Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS is working well Description: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS Release: 16.04 network-manager-pptp: Installé : 1.1.93-1ubuntu1 Candidat : 1.1.93-1ubuntu1 Table de version : *** 1.1.93-1ubuntu1 500 500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: network-manager-pptp 1.1.93-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-66.87-generic 4.4.44 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-66-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Mar 9 11:46:04 2017 DistributionChannelDescriptor: # This is a distribution channel descriptor # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor canonical-oem-somerville-precise-amd64-20130203-1 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-13 (1242 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20130203-13:50 SourcePackage: network-manager-pptp UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-10-05 (154 days ago) ** Affects: network-manager-pptp (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager-pptp in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1671430 Title: VPN using pptp is not working - not allowed policies Status in network-manager-pptp package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Hello, I tried to setup a pptp VPN using NM and I'm unable to connect. After having settings parameters, I activate the VPN in the GUI manager and get in syslog: Mar 9 11:50:47 localhost gnome-session[2163]: (nm-applet:2407): nm- applet-WARNING **: nma_menu_vpn_item_clicked: no active connection or device I try to debug and get the policies error: dh@deex:~$ /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-pptp-service --debug ** Message: nm-pptp-service (version 1.1.93) starting... ** Message: Error: failed to create NMPptpPlugin: Connection ":1.161" is not allowed to own the service "org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp" due to security policies in the configuration file If I execute this command with sudo there is no error but VPN still doesn't start. The same setup with Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS is working well Description: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS Release: 16.04 network-manager-pptp: Installé : 1.1.93-1ubuntu1 Candidat : 1.1.93-1ubuntu1 Table de version : *** 1.1.93-1ubuntu1 500 500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: network-manager-pptp 1.1.93-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-66.87-generic 4.4.44 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-66-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Mar 9 11:46:04 2017 DistributionChannelDescriptor: # This is a distribution channel descriptor # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor canonical-oem-somerville-precise-amd64-20130203-1 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-13 (1242 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20130203-13:50 SourcePackage: network-manager-pptp UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-10-05 (154 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-pptp/+bug/1671430/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp