OpenVPN VPN Client

[omgimdrunk]

I have set up a simple Openvpn server in the amazon cloud, I have used this several times on my other Liunx box but with my Ubuntu 12.04 I am getting an odd error.

I have a static key and in my client.conf I have a line:

secret /etc/openvpn/static.key

that key was generated on the server itself and copied over via sftp and has been chmod to 600

While using the networkmanager, ubuntu insists to use a username password instead of reading the freaking static key and giving me an Error of " Authentication Failed"
I can ping the remotes ip address set up in the nat just fine as well.

Any ideas?

[ahallubuntu]

If you are using Network Nanager, why are you editing an OpenVPN conf file? Do one or the other: use Network Manager to setup your OpenVPN connection (and let it find/use the static key file) or use a conf file and connect to the VPN manually. If using Network Manager, use the Static Key authentication (instead of "Password" or "Certificates (TLS)").

[omgimdrunk]

If you are using Network Nanager, why are you editing an OpenVPN conf file? Do one or the other: use Network Manager to setup your OpenVPN connection (and let it find/use the static key file) or use a conf file and connect to the VPN manually. If using Network Manager, use the Static Key authentication (instead of "Password" or "Certificates (TLS)").

The reason I created the conf file is because within the network manager I cannot see anywhere to enter a static key file, here is my options:

[ahallubuntu]

Install the OpenVPN Network Manager plugin so Network Manager can work directly with OpenVPN configurations.

I have it installed in 10.04 LTS - it's called network-manager-openvpn . Haven't used it in 12.04 LTS but it works great for me.