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I've imported an OpenVPN configuration file that behaves differently when trying to connect from Network Manager and command line. I would like to see what the imported configuration file looks like.

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12.04 onwards

Connection information is stored in the directory:

/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections

Note: This directory stores other connection information such as wifi connections.

Pre 12.04

In Kubuntu, network-manager-openvpn-kde saves its profiles to:

~/.kde/share/apps/networkmanagement/connections/

In Ubuntu, network-manager-openvpn-gnome saves its profiles to:

~/.gconf/system/networking/connections/

(VPN settings are in ~/.gconf/system/networking/connections/*/vpn/%gconf.xml)

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    Isn't there a way to have it directly use .conf files?
    – Oxwivi
    Mar 5, 2011 at 12:48
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    There is, but it circumvents the network-manager. Place the file in /etc/openvpn/. Make sure it has a .conf suffix, the init script at /etc/init.d/openvpn searches for such files. The VPN will be started at boot time. To disable this, edit /etc/default/openvpn uncomment the AUTOSTART=none line. I'm doing it this way because the network-manager-openvpn is too limited, I cannot run script after connection for example. To start OpenVPN with your configuration file client.conf, run sudo /etc/init.d/openvpn start client. To stop it, run /etc/init.d/openvpn stop client.
    – Lekensteyn
    Mar 5, 2011 at 13:11
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    It seems this answer is no longer up-to-date as of Ubuntu 12.04. I have a couple VPNs configured through Network Manager in 12.04 using network-manager-openvpn-gnome, but there is no ~/.gconf/system directory. Anyone know where those files might live nowadays?
    – Carl Meyer
    May 2, 2012 at 15:44
  • @CarlMeyer Try importing and run the command find ~ -mmin -3 -ls to find all modified files in the last 3 minutes.
    – Lekensteyn
    May 2, 2012 at 15:47
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    Turns out they are stored in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/ (even when they aren't shared with everyone)
    – boatcoder
    Jun 22, 2012 at 22:36
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Yes, in Ubuntu 12.04 and later the config settings are stored in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections -- except, when someone didn't migrate the connection information out of an older .conf file and continued using that .conf file instead. In that case, the settings are in /home/USER/.gcm/gcm.conf

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