Private bug reported: If you modify existing OpenVPN connection NetworkManager does not reflect them without restart
I changed path for files (other directory), yet it still tries to load the old path mastier@drakkar:~$ nmcli con up 'Canonical UK' Error: Connection activation failed: Unknown reason Hint: use 'journalctl -xe NM_CONNECTION=9328632c-dcb0-4414-8609-20285bf0acb8 + NM_DEVICE=eno1' to get more details. mastier@drakkar:~$ grep -iHR openvpn /var/log/syslog|tail /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:16:43 drakkar nm-openvpn[726598]: Cannot pre-load keyfile (/home/mastier/Documents/vpn/canonical_ta.key) /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:16:43 drakkar nm-openvpn[726598]: Exiting due to fatal error /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:16:55 drakkar NetworkManager[5372]: <info> [1685107015.3225] vpn[0x555f6a6a6750,9328632c-dcb0-4414-8609-20285bf0acb8,"Canonical UK"]: starting openvpn /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:16:55 drakkar nm-openvpn[727045]: DEPRECATED OPTION: --cipher set to 'AES-128-CBC' but missing in --data-ciphers (AES-256-GCM:AES-128-GCM). Future OpenVPN version will ignore --cipher for cipher negotiations. Add 'AES-128-CBC' to --data-ciphers or change --cipher 'AES-128-CBC' to --data-ciphers-fallback 'AES-128-CBC' to silence this warning. /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:16:55 drakkar nm-openvpn[727045]: Cannot pre-load keyfile (/home/mastier/Documents/vpn/canonical_ta.key) /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:16:55 drakkar nm-openvpn[727045]: Exiting due to fatal error /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:19:40 drakkar NetworkManager[5372]: <info> [1685107180.3388] vpn[0x555f6a6a69d0,9328632c-dcb0-4414-8609-20285bf0acb8,"Canonical UK"]: starting openvpn /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:19:40 drakkar nm-openvpn[731307]: DEPRECATED OPTION: --cipher set to 'AES-128-CBC' but missing in --data-ciphers (AES-256-GCM:AES-128-GCM). Future OpenVPN version will ignore --cipher for cipher negotiations. Add 'AES-128-CBC' to --data-ciphers or change --cipher 'AES-128-CBC' to --data-ciphers-fallback 'AES-128-CBC' to silence this warning. /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:19:40 drakkar nm-openvpn[731307]: Cannot pre-load keyfile (/home/mastier/Documents/vpn/canonical_ta.key) /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:19:40 drakkar nm-openvpn[731307]: Exiting due to fatal error $ nmcli con show 'Canonical UK' |grep Docum vpn.data: ca = /home/mastier/Documents/canonical-vpn/canonical_ca.crt, cert = /home/mastier/Documents/canonical-vpn/canonical-mastier.crt, cert-pass-flags = 0, cipher = AES-128-CBC, comp-lzo = adaptive, connection-type = tls, dev = tun, dev-type = tun, key = /home/mastier/Documents/canonical-vpn/canonical-mastier.key, ping = 10, ping-restart = 60, remote = uk.sesame.canonical.com:29419, remote-cert-tls = server, ta = /home/mastier/Documents/vpn/canonical_ta.key, ta-dir = 1, verify-x509-name = name:access.is ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: network-manager-openvpn 1.8.18-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.1.0-1012.12-oem 6.1.25 Uname: Linux 6.1.0-1012-oem x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.4 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Fri May 26 15:21:21 2023 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: network-manager-openvpn UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: network-manager-openvpn (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug jammy wayland-session ** Information type changed from Public to Private ** Description changed: - If you modify existing VPC connection NetworkManager does not reflect - them without restart + If you modify existing OpenVPN connection NetworkManager does not + reflect them without restart I changed path for files (other directory), yet it still tries to load the old path mastier@drakkar:~$ nmcli con up 'Canonical UK' Error: Connection activation failed: Unknown reason Hint: use 'journalctl -xe NM_CONNECTION=9328632c-dcb0-4414-8609-20285bf0acb8 + NM_DEVICE=eno1' to get more details. mastier@drakkar:~$ grep -iHR openvpn /var/log/syslog|tail /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:16:43 drakkar nm-openvpn[726598]: Cannot pre-load keyfile (/home/mastier/Documents/vpn/canonical_ta.key) /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:16:43 drakkar nm-openvpn[726598]: Exiting due to fatal error /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:16:55 drakkar NetworkManager[5372]: <info> [1685107015.3225] vpn[0x555f6a6a6750,9328632c-dcb0-4414-8609-20285bf0acb8,"Canonical UK"]: starting openvpn /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:16:55 drakkar nm-openvpn[727045]: DEPRECATED OPTION: --cipher set to 'AES-128-CBC' but missing in --data-ciphers (AES-256-GCM:AES-128-GCM). Future OpenVPN version will ignore --cipher for cipher negotiations. Add 'AES-128-CBC' to --data-ciphers or change --cipher 'AES-128-CBC' to --data-ciphers-fallback 'AES-128-CBC' to silence this warning. /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:16:55 drakkar nm-openvpn[727045]: Cannot pre-load keyfile (/home/mastier/Documents/vpn/canonical_ta.key) /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:16:55 drakkar nm-openvpn[727045]: Exiting due to fatal error /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:19:40 drakkar NetworkManager[5372]: <info> [1685107180.3388] vpn[0x555f6a6a69d0,9328632c-dcb0-4414-8609-20285bf0acb8,"Canonical UK"]: starting openvpn /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:19:40 drakkar nm-openvpn[731307]: DEPRECATED OPTION: --cipher set to 'AES-128-CBC' but missing in --data-ciphers (AES-256-GCM:AES-128-GCM). Future OpenVPN version will ignore --cipher for cipher negotiations. Add 'AES-128-CBC' to --data-ciphers or change --cipher 'AES-128-CBC' to --data-ciphers-fallback 'AES-128-CBC' to silence this warning. /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:19:40 drakkar nm-openvpn[731307]: Cannot pre-load keyfile (/home/mastier/Documents/vpn/canonical_ta.key) /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:19:40 drakkar nm-openvpn[731307]: Exiting due to fatal error - $ nmcli con show 'Canonical UK' |grep Docum vpn.data: ca = /home/mastier/Documents/canonical-vpn/canonical_ca.crt, cert = /home/mastier/Documents/canonical-vpn/canonical-mastier.crt, cert-pass-flags = 0, cipher = AES-128-CBC, comp-lzo = adaptive, connection-type = tls, dev = tun, dev-type = tun, key = /home/mastier/Documents/canonical-vpn/canonical-mastier.key, ping = 10, ping-restart = 60, remote = uk.sesame.canonical.com:29419, remote-cert-tls = server, ta = /home/mastier/Documents/vpn/canonical_ta.key, ta-dir = 1, verify-x509-name = name:access.is ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: network-manager-openvpn 1.8.18-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.1.0-1012.12-oem 6.1.25 Uname: Linux 6.1.0-1012-oem x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.4 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Fri May 26 15:21:21 2023 ProcEnviron: - TERM=xterm-256color - PATH=(custom, no user) - XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + TERM=xterm-256color + PATH=(custom, no user) + XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: network-manager-openvpn UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Also affects: network-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- 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/2020893 Title: Changing path for the certificates and keys doesn't work Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu: New Status in network-manager-openvpn package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: If you modify existing OpenVPN connection NetworkManager does not reflect them without restart I changed path for files (other directory), yet it still tries to load the old path mastier@drakkar:~$ nmcli con up 'Canonical UK' Error: Connection activation failed: Unknown reason Hint: use 'journalctl -xe NM_CONNECTION=9328632c-dcb0-4414-8609-20285bf0acb8 + NM_DEVICE=eno1' to get more details. mastier@drakkar:~$ grep -iHR openvpn /var/log/syslog|tail /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:16:43 drakkar nm-openvpn[726598]: Cannot pre-load keyfile (/home/mastier/Documents/vpn/canonical_ta.key) /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:16:43 drakkar nm-openvpn[726598]: Exiting due to fatal error /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:16:55 drakkar NetworkManager[5372]: <info> [1685107015.3225] vpn[0x555f6a6a6750,9328632c-dcb0-4414-8609-20285bf0acb8,"Canonical UK"]: starting openvpn /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:16:55 drakkar nm-openvpn[727045]: DEPRECATED OPTION: --cipher set to 'AES-128-CBC' but missing in --data-ciphers (AES-256-GCM:AES-128-GCM). Future OpenVPN version will ignore --cipher for cipher negotiations. Add 'AES-128-CBC' to --data-ciphers or change --cipher 'AES-128-CBC' to --data-ciphers-fallback 'AES-128-CBC' to silence this warning. /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:16:55 drakkar nm-openvpn[727045]: Cannot pre-load keyfile (/home/mastier/Documents/vpn/canonical_ta.key) /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:16:55 drakkar nm-openvpn[727045]: Exiting due to fatal error /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:19:40 drakkar NetworkManager[5372]: <info> [1685107180.3388] vpn[0x555f6a6a69d0,9328632c-dcb0-4414-8609-20285bf0acb8,"Canonical UK"]: starting openvpn /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:19:40 drakkar nm-openvpn[731307]: DEPRECATED OPTION: --cipher set to 'AES-128-CBC' but missing in --data-ciphers (AES-256-GCM:AES-128-GCM). Future OpenVPN version will ignore --cipher for cipher negotiations. Add 'AES-128-CBC' to --data-ciphers or change --cipher 'AES-128-CBC' to --data-ciphers-fallback 'AES-128-CBC' to silence this warning. /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:19:40 drakkar nm-openvpn[731307]: Cannot pre-load keyfile (/home/mastier/Documents/vpn/canonical_ta.key) /var/log/syslog:May 26 15:19:40 drakkar nm-openvpn[731307]: Exiting due to fatal error $ nmcli con show 'Canonical UK' |grep Docum vpn.data: ca = /home/mastier/Documents/canonical-vpn/canonical_ca.crt, cert = /home/mastier/Documents/canonical-vpn/canonical-mastier.crt, cert-pass-flags = 0, cipher = AES-128-CBC, comp-lzo = adaptive, connection-type = tls, dev = tun, dev-type = tun, key = /home/mastier/Documents/canonical-vpn/canonical-mastier.key, ping = 10, ping-restart = 60, remote = uk.sesame.canonical.com:29419, remote-cert-tls = server, ta = /home/mastier/Documents/vpn/canonical_ta.key, ta-dir = 1, verify-x509-name = name:access.is ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: network-manager-openvpn 1.8.18-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.1.0-1012.12-oem 6.1.25 Uname: Linux 6.1.0-1012-oem x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.4 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Fri May 26 15:21:21 2023 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: network-manager-openvpn UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/2020893/+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