Public bug reported:
When creating a vpnc-based VPN connection using the NetworkManager with
hybrid authentification, this connection does not work. When trying to
activate it, I encountered an error message in my syslog stating that
the path to the CA file is not absolute or does not exist. This is my
syslog entry (sorry only German locale here, but the message should be
obvious):
Apr 16 10:28:28 wccnb01 NetworkManager[1075]: <warn> VPN connection 'VPN
Uni Ulm' failed to connect: 'Eigenschaft »CA-File« Dateipfad
»file:///home/hfalk/.kde/KIZ-CA.crt« ist nicht absolut oder existiert
nicht'.
When checking the configuration file in /etc/NetworkManager/system-
connections that corresponds to this freshly generated VPN connection,
you can find:
CA-File=file:///home/hfalk/.kde/KIZ-CA.crt
Assuming that vpnc does not accept URLs as location for certificates,
the syslog message is quite clear now. I manually edited this
configuration file and removed 'file://' so that a simple, absolute path
remains. After that, the VPN connection works smoothly.
So, I guess that there is a bug in network-manager-vpnc having the
effect that the Network Manager's GUI puts an invalid URL-style location
into the vpnc config file.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: network-manager-vpnc 0.9.8.6-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Sat Apr 19 15:43:35 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-15 (4 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
SourcePackage: network-manager-vpnc
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-18 (1 days ago)
** Affects: network-manager-vpnc (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty
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Invalid URL in vpnc configuration file
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