vpn connection failed

[bonedome]

Hello
I'm trying to set up/use openvpn and everytime I try I get
VPN connection failed
because of invalid vpn secrets
Googling has so far yielded very little, I've renamed gnome keyring and unchecked "available to all users"

[elias12]

Have you configuring ove Gnome or KDE?

Disable the Firewall should be work.

[bonedome]

Hi
I'm using gnome network manager and I'm not sure I want to disable the whole firewall, I have allowed openvpn in the firewall but still get the invalid secrets whatever they are

[elias12]

can you show me a sceernshot please. Have selinux pop up any messages? VPN works with passwordmanager like seahorse or kwallet. This must be enabled.

[bonedome]

Hi
and thanks for the help
The exact wording on the warning is

VPN connection failed
The VPN connection 'VPNReactor
OpenVPN' failed because of invalid VPN secrets

The strange thing is I now have to put my (network-manager/keyring) VPN password in every time I boot up to get normal wireless, which would suggest the keyring is doing it's job and seahorse shows the correct password etc.
My VPNReactor username and password are correct so I'm baffled as to which secrets ain't right.
Oh yeah I disabled selinux too and no difference

[stevea]

Post the logs.

[bonedome]

Here's the relevant part from /var/log/messages, if there are any other logs let me know

Jun  7 10:27:43 localhost NetworkManager[1075]: <info> VPN connection 'VPNReactor OpenVPN' (Connect) reply received.
Jun  7 10:27:43 localhost nm-openvpn[2104]: OpenVPN 2.1.1 i686-redhat-linux-gnu [SSL] [LZO2] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] built on Jan  5 2010
Jun  7 10:27:43 localhost nm-openvpn[2104]: WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled.  See http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info.
Jun  7 10:27:43 localhost nm-openvpn[2104]: NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts
Jun  7 10:27:43 localhost nm-openvpn[2104]: LZO compression initialized
Jun  7 10:27:43 localhost nm-openvpn[2104]: UDPv4 link local: [undef]
Jun  7 10:27:43 localhost nm-openvpn[2104]: UDPv4 link remote: 78.129.244.122:****
Jun  7 10:27:45 localhost nm-openvpn[2104]: [server] Peer Connection Initiated with 78.129.244.122:****
Jun  7 10:27:47 localhost nm-openvpn[2104]: AUTH: Received AUTH_FAILED control message
Jun  7 10:27:47 localhost nm-openvpn[2104]: SIGTERM[soft,auth-failure] received, process exiting
Jun  7 10:27:47 localhost NetworkManager[1075]: <warn> VPN plugin failed: 0 
Jun  7 10:27:47 localhost NetworkManager[1075]: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 6
Jun  7 10:27:47 localhost NetworkManager[1075]: <info> VPN plugin state change reason: 10
Jun  7 10:27:47 localhost NetworkManager[1075]: <warn> error disconnecting VPN: Could not process the request because no VPN connection was active.
Jun  7 10:27:47 localhost NetworkManager[1075]: <info> Policy set 'Auto SpeedTouch999' (eth1) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
Jun  7 10:27:53 localhost NetworkManager[1075]: <info> VPN service 'openvpn' disappeared

I don't know if this is just a warning or the reason for failure

Jun  7 10:27:43 localhost nm-openvpn[2104]: WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled.  See http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info.

That url just refers to man in the middle attacks.
This is the guide I've been following https://www.vpnreactor.com/linux_openvpn.html