Problem with VPN kde-plasma-networkmanagement

[Paul Scott]

Changing connection secrets to "in a file (unencrypted)" fixed the problem.

Paul.

On 14 March 2011 12:20, Rex Dieter <rdieter at math.unl.edu> wrote:
> On 03/14/2011 05:07 AM, Morten Slott Hansen wrote:
>> Paul Scott<paulsscott at ...>  writes:
>>
>>>
>>> I can no longer connect to a my work VPN. I notice that the
>>> knetworkmanager-* rpms have recently been replaced by
>>> kde-plasma-networkmanagement-* and I wonder if the new version has
>>> caused the problem. It used to work just fine.
>>>
>>> The error message is below - "No VPN secrets!" I have checked the
>>> wallet and the password has been saved there correctly. I have tried
>>> deleting the VPN connection and creating a new one, but this has not
>>> fixed the problem. I have also tried deleting old entries from the
>>> wallet.
>>>
>>> Anyone else having the same problem?
>>>
>>> Mar 13 11:48:30 paul-laptop NetworkManager[1195]:<info>  Starting VPN
>>> service 'pptp'...
>>> Mar 13 11:48:30 paul-laptop NetworkManager[1195]:<info>  VPN service
>>> 'pptp' started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp), PID 2301
>>> Mar 13 11:48:30 paul-laptop NetworkManager[1195]:<info>  VPN service
>>> 'pptp' appeared; activating connections
>>> Mar 13 11:48:30 paul-laptop NetworkManager[1195]:<info>  VPN plugin
>>> state changed: 1
>>> Mar 13 11:48:30 paul-laptop NetworkManager[1195]:<info>  VPN plugin
>>> state changed: 3
>>> Mar 13 11:48:30 paul-laptop NetworkManager[1195]:<info>  VPN
>>> connection 'Work' (Connect) reply received.
>>> Mar 13 11:48:30 paul-laptop NetworkManager[1195]:<warn>  VPN
>>> connection 'Work' failed to connect: 'No VPN secrets!'.
>>> Mar 13 11:48:30 paul-lapto NetworkManager[1195]:<warn>  error
>>> disconnecting VPN: Could not process the request because no VPN
>>> connection was active.
>>> Mar 13 11:48:30 paul-laptop NetworkManager[1195]:<info>  Policy set
>>> 'Home' (wlan0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
>>> Mar 13 11:48:36 paul-laptop NetworkManager[1195]:<info>  VPN service
>>> 'pptp' disappeared
>>>
>>
>>
>> I'm running Fedora 14 and I have the exact same problem. From log/messages I can
>> see the following:
>>
>>
>> <info>  Starting VPN service 'pptp'...
>> <info>  VPN service 'pptp' started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp), PID
>> 31384
>> <info>  VPN service 'pptp' appeared; activating connections
>> <info>  VPN plugin state changed: 1
>> <info>  VPN plugin state changed: 3
>> <info>  VPN connection '247e' (Connect) reply received.
>> <warn>  VPN connection '247e' failed to connect: 'No VPN secrets!'.
>> <warn>  error disconnecting VPN: Could not process the request because no VPN
>> connection was active.
>> <info>  Policy set 'Wired' (eth0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
>>
>>
>> I can provide further information and testing if needed.
>
> Likely a variant of,
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=682972
>
> if you're not storing your wifi passwords in kwallet.
>
> -- Rex
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Paul Scott
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