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    OpenVPN

    I've just purchased a subscription to StrongVPN's OpenVPN service and am trying to get it to work on my Ubuntu 10.04 machine but can't. I've installed the network-manager-openvpn and openvpn packages and configured the vpn (this is easily done, all I did was point network manager to the configuration file and it fills everything in automatically).

    However when I try to connect I get the error message

    "The VPN connection failed because there were no valid vpn secrets".

    Anyone had any success getting such a connection to work in Ubuntu?

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    Re: OpenVPN

    Hi please restart your network manager
    Code:
    sudo /etc/init.d/network-manager restart
    and try again , let us know what you got .

    all the best.
    Dont miss anything even it is small. one small pin is enough to bring down a man.


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    Re: OpenVPN

    This gives a different error message of

    "The VPN connection failed because the connection attempt timed out"

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    Re: OpenVPN

    Give a restart to your system now and try again to connect .
    Dont miss anything even it is small. one small pin is enough to bring down a man.


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    Re: OpenVPN

    Quote Originally Posted by raja.genupula View Post
    Give a restart to your system now and try again to connect .
    Same as above, connection times out.

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    Re: OpenVPN

    Anyone?

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    Re: OpenVPN

    Dont miss anything even it is small. one small pin is enough to bring down a man.


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    Re: OpenVPN

    Quote Originally Posted by raja.genupula View Post
    Still no joy,

    Code:
    birbeth@birbeth-desktop:~$ sudo openvpn --cd StrongVPN/ --config ovpn107.ovpn
    [sudo] password for birbeth: 
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:23 2012 us=776284 Current Parameter Settings:
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:23 2012 us=776356   config = 'ovpn107.ovpn'
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:23 2012 us=776369   mode = 0
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:23 2012 us=776379   persist_config = DISABLED
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:23 2012 us=776390   persist_mode = 1
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:23 2012 us=776400 NOTE: --mute triggered...
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:23 2012 us=776421 256 variation(s) on previous 5 message(s) suppressed by --mute
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:23 2012 us=776434 OpenVPN 2.1.0 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [SSL] [LZO2] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [MH] [PF_INET6] [eurephia] built on Jul 20 2010
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:23 2012 us=776516 WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled.  See http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info.
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:23 2012 us=776529 NOTE: OpenVPN 2.1 requires '--script-security 2' or higher to call user-defined scripts or executables
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:23 2012 us=777258 /usr/bin/openssl-vulnkey -q -b 1024 -m <modulus omitted>
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:23 2012 us=862623 Control Channel Authentication: using 'ta.key' as a OpenVPN static key file
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:23 2012 us=862668 Outgoing Control Channel Authentication: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:23 2012 us=862680 Incoming Control Channel Authentication: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:23 2012 us=862713 LZO compression initialized
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:23 2012 us=862786 Control Channel MTU parms [ L:1546 D:166 EF:66 EB:0 ET:0 EL:0 ]
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:23 2012 us=862854 Data Channel MTU parms [ L:1546 D:1390 EF:46 EB:135 ET:0 EL:0 AF:3/1 ]
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:23 2012 us=862866 Fragmentation MTU parms [ L:1546 D:1390 EF:45 EB:135 ET:1 EL:0 AF:3/1 ]
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:23 2012 us=862886 Local Options String: 'V4,dev-type tun,link-mtu 1546,tun-mtu 1500,proto UDPv4,comp-lzo,mtu-dynamic,keydir 1,cipher BF-CBC,auth SHA1,keysize 128,tls-auth,key-method 2,tls-client'
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:23 2012 us=862897 Expected Remote Options String: 'V4,dev-type tun,link-mtu 1546,tun-mtu 1500,proto UDPv4,comp-lzo,mtu-dynamic,keydir 0,cipher BF-CBC,auth SHA1,keysize 128,tls-auth,key-method 2,tls-server'
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:23 2012 us=862919 Local Options hash (VER=V4): '551868c6'
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:23 2012 us=862934 Expected Remote Options hash (VER=V4): 'e34c1722'
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:23 2012 us=862953 Socket Buffers: R=[124928->131072] S=[124928->131072]
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:23 2012 us=862966 UDPv4 link local: [undef]
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:23 2012 us=862983 UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]108.171.113.108:4672
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:24 2012 us=64073 read UDPv4 [ECONNREFUSED]: Connection refused (code=111)
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:25 2012 us=517681 read UDPv4 [ECONNREFUSED]: Connection refused (code=111)
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:28 2012 us=223837 read UDPv4 [ECONNREFUSED]: Connection refused (code=111)
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:31 2012 us=126710 read UDPv4 [ECONNREFUSED]: Connection refused (code=111)
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:32 2012 us=737723 read UDPv4 [ECONNREFUSED]: Connection refused (code=111)
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:35 2012 us=629742 NOTE: --mute triggered...
    ^CFri Mar  2 10:05:46 2012 us=850523 7 variation(s) on previous 5 message(s) suppressed by --mute
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:46 2012 us=850551 SIGTERM received, sending exit notification to peer
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:49 2012 us=54953 TCP/UDP: Closing socket
    Fri Mar  2 10:05:49 2012 us=55007 SIGTERM[soft,exit-with-notification] received, process exiting
    I then tried the post's solution to the DNS issue (just in case it was that) but returns (as far as I can tell) the same error messages
    Code:
    birbeth@birbeth-desktop:~$ sudo openvpn --cd StrongVPN/ --config ovpn107.ovpn
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:53 2012 us=723895 Current Parameter Settings:
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:53 2012 us=723968   config = 'ovpn107.ovpn'
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:53 2012 us=723980   mode = 0
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:53 2012 us=723991   persist_config = DISABLED
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:53 2012 us=724001   persist_mode = 1
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:53 2012 us=724011 NOTE: --mute triggered...
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:53 2012 us=724031 256 variation(s) on previous 5 message(s) suppressed by --mute
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:53 2012 us=724045 OpenVPN 2.1.0 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [SSL] [LZO2] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [MH] [PF_INET6] [eurephia] built on Jul 20 2010
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:53 2012 us=724125 WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled.  See http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info.
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:53 2012 us=724138 NOTE: OpenVPN 2.1 requires '--script-security 2' or higher to call user-defined scripts or executables
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:53 2012 us=724859 /usr/bin/openssl-vulnkey -q -b 1024 -m <modulus omitted>
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:53 2012 us=812577 Control Channel Authentication: using 'ta.key' as a OpenVPN static key file
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:53 2012 us=812623 Outgoing Control Channel Authentication: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:53 2012 us=812636 Incoming Control Channel Authentication: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:53 2012 us=812668 LZO compression initialized
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:53 2012 us=812740 Control Channel MTU parms [ L:1546 D:166 EF:66 EB:0 ET:0 EL:0 ]
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:53 2012 us=812809 Data Channel MTU parms [ L:1546 D:1390 EF:46 EB:135 ET:0 EL:0 AF:3/1 ]
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:53 2012 us=812821 Fragmentation MTU parms [ L:1546 D:1390 EF:45 EB:135 ET:1 EL:0 AF:3/1 ]
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:53 2012 us=812841 Local Options String: 'V4,dev-type tun,link-mtu 1546,tun-mtu 1500,proto UDPv4,comp-lzo,mtu-dynamic,keydir 1,cipher BF-CBC,auth SHA1,keysize 128,tls-auth,key-method 2,tls-client'
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:53 2012 us=812852 Expected Remote Options String: 'V4,dev-type tun,link-mtu 1546,tun-mtu 1500,proto UDPv4,comp-lzo,mtu-dynamic,keydir 0,cipher BF-CBC,auth SHA1,keysize 128,tls-auth,key-method 2,tls-server'
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:53 2012 us=812873 Local Options hash (VER=V4): '551868c6'
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:53 2012 us=812887 Expected Remote Options hash (VER=V4): 'e34c1722'
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:53 2012 us=812906 Socket Buffers: R=[124928->131072] S=[124928->131072]
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:53 2012 us=812919 UDPv4 link local: [undef]
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:53 2012 us=812936 UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]108.171.113.108:4672
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:54 2012 us=13375 read UDPv4 [ECONNREFUSED]: Connection refused (code=111)
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:55 2012 us=390189 read UDPv4 [ECONNREFUSED]: Connection refused (code=111)
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:57 2012 us=943381 read UDPv4 [ECONNREFUSED]: Connection refused (code=111)
    Fri Mar  2 10:10:59 2012 us=319954 read UDPv4 [ECONNREFUSED]: Connection refused (code=111)
    Fri Mar  2 10:11:01 2012 us=872263 read UDPv4 [ECONNREFUSED]: Connection refused (code=111)
    Fri Mar  2 10:11:03 2012 us=248449 NOTE: --mute triggered...
    ^CFri Mar  2 10:11:10 2012 us=909280 5 variation(s) on previous 5 message(s) suppressed by --mute
    Fri Mar  2 10:11:10 2012 us=909308 SIGTERM received, sending exit notification to peer
    Fri Mar  2 10:11:12 2012 us=160425 read UDPv4 [ECONNREFUSED]: Connection refused (code=111)
    Fri Mar  2 10:11:12 2012 us=160559 TCP/UDP: Closing socket
    Fri Mar  2 10:11:12 2012 us=160591 SIGTERM[soft,exit-with-notification] received, process exiting

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    Re: OpenVPN

    I know things are fine on the StrongVPN side of things (and my router), since I can connect from my (rooted) Android phone just fine using the same configuration file I'm trying to use here.
    Last edited by carranty; March 2nd, 2012 at 11:17 AM.

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    Re: OpenVPN

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