The option was added some years ago https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-openvpn/-/commit/214815f7
The chroot directory seems to come from this define https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-openvpn/-/blob/master/shared/nm-service-defines.h#L133 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager-openvpn in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1835644 Title: CRL files are not accessible for the Verify CRL options Status in network-manager-openvpn package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hello, The Network Manager GUI options 'Verify CRL from file' and 'Verify CRL from directory' won't work because the openvpn process cannot access the files since being run with chroot, so the connection fails: nm-openvpn[5069]: chroot to '/var/lib/openvpn/chroot' and cd to '/' succeeded nm-openvpn[6135]: Options error: --crl-verify fails with '/var/lib/openvpn/chroot//home/steve/VPN/config/crl.rsa.4096.pem': No such file or directory (errno=2) Thanks. Ubuntu 19.04 network-manager-openvpn, network-manager-openvpn-gnome 1.8.10-1 openvpn 2.4.6-1ubuntu3.1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-openvpn/+bug/1835644/+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