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I'm on Xubuntu and I just want to make a simple modification in the configuration of the network-manager for the openvpn connection, and it requires me to authenticate. Here is what is going on : I go in the network-manager applet, I click on "vpn", then "modify", then I uncheck the box "connect automatically", but I can't click on apply, and when I hover the mouse over the "apply" button it says I should authenticate. More importantly the vpn connection works when I first set it up, but as soon as I restart the computer, my vpn connection fails and I am unable to make modifications to the configuration of the vpn in gnome network-manager.

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Don't you over complicate things? Why not just type in the password to authenticate? – mikewhatever Apr 30 '12 at 18:48
It doesn't ask directly for a password, it's the message I get when I hover the mouse over the "apply" button and I can't click on it... – Pascal Apr 30 '12 at 18:59
That usually means that the network Manager doesn't know how to deal with the supplied info - might be an 'illegal' character or unexpected space somewhere. By the way, it runs as root by default. – mikewhatever Apr 30 '12 at 19:10
I go in the network-manager applet, I click on "vpn", then "modify", then I uncheck the box "connect automatically", but I can't click on apply, and when I hover the mouse over the "apply" button it says I should authenticate. – Pascal Apr 30 '12 at 19:27
You might want to add that info to the question, to make it clearer. – mikewhatever Apr 30 '12 at 19:32
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I found what was keeping me from performing the modifications and probably also why the connection would fail after reboot. When I imported the configuration file, I had to uncheck the option to set it for "all users", which is enabled by default. Now vpn works and I can make modifications.

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