Error Messages¶

“AUTH: Received AUTH_FAILED control message”¶

This happens when you have the wrong password.

“No VPN secrets!”¶

This happens when the keyring is not working and returns an empty username and password.

General Tips¶

example logs:

openvpn: TUN/TAP device tun0 opened
openvpn: /sbin/ifconfig tun0 172.27.0.X netmask 255.255.252.0 mtu 1500 broadcast 172.27.3.255
openvpn: /usr/lib/network-manager-openvpn/nm-openvpn-service-openvpn-helper tun0 1500 1541 172.27.0.X 255.255.252.0 init
openvpn: OpenVPN 2.1.3 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [SSL] [LZO2] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [MH] [PF_INET6] [eurephia] built on Mar 11 2011
openvpn: WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled.  See http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info.
openvpn: NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts
openvpn: UDPv4 link local: [undef]
openvpn: UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]209.234.253.121:1194
openvpn: [vpn.riseup.net] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]209.234.253.121:1194
openvpn: Initialization Sequence Completed

Gnome¶

Example logs:

NetworkManager: <info> Starting VPN service 'openvpn'...
NetworkManager: <info> VPN service 'openvpn' started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn), PID 5615
NetworkManager: <info> VPN service 'openvpn' appeared; activating connections
NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 3
NetworkManager: <info> VPN connection 'openvpn' (Connect) reply received.
NetworkManager:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/tun0, iface: tun0)
NetworkManager:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/tun0, iface: tun0): no ifupdown configuration found.
NetworkManager: <info> VPN connection 'openvpn' (IP Config Get) reply received.
NetworkManager: <info> VPN Gateway: 209.234.253.121
NetworkManager: <info> Internal Gateway: 172.27.0.1
NetworkManager: <info> Tunnel Device: tun0
NetworkManager: <info> Internal IP4 Address: 172.27.0.X
NetworkManager: <info> Internal IP4 Prefix: 22
NetworkManager: <info> Internal IP4 Point-to-Point Address: 0.0.0.0
NetworkManager: <info> Maximum Segment Size (MSS): 0
NetworkManager: <info> Forbid Default Route: no
NetworkManager: <info> Internal IP4 DNS: 172.27.0.1
NetworkManager: <info> DNS Domain: '(none)'
NetworkManager: <info> VPN connection 'openvpn' (IP Config Get) complete.
NetworkManager: <info> Policy set 'openvpn' (tun0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
NetworkManager: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 4