Openvpn Configuration/Access Issue

[Ed Greshko]

On 02/26/16 15:58, Stephen Morris wrote:
> On 26/02/16 08:42, Rick Stevens wrote:
>> On 02/25/2016 01:35 PM, Stephen Morris wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>      I am trying to my vpn service provider using instructions they
>>> provide for Ubuntu Mint as the only information they provide for Linux.
>>> When I go into Networkmanager and create a new Openvpn connection and
>>> try to connect to it, I get a popup saying the connection failed and one
>>> of the messages seems to be indicating that I am missing a plugin.
>>>
>>>      As far as I can see I have every Networkmanager vpn plugin
>>> installed, so I am at a loss trying to understand the message. Is
>>> anybody able to shed any light on what/where I need to look to try to
>>> identify what the connection issues are?
>>
>> Please include the EXACT error message you're getting. It may not be
>> a NetworkMangler plugin you're missing--rather an openvpn module or
>> OpenSSL module.
> Below is all the messages appearing in the notification dialog when the connection
> fails, in the order they are displayed from top to bottom.
>
> Failed to activate connection
> Device failed
> Failed to deactivate connection
> Connection updated
> Missing VPN plugin
> Failed to update connection
> Connection removed
> Connection added
> Failed to remove connection
> Failed to get secrets
> Connection deactivated
> Connection activated
> Failed to add connection
> Failed to request scan
>

If you do

journalctl -b 0 -l --unit=NetworkManager

Do you get better info?

Here is an example of a successful openvpn connection...

http://paste.fedoraproject.org/329720/47555814/


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