I'm trying to connect to the corporate VPN from Kubuntu 17.10. I have network-manager-l2tp installed (version 1.2.8). The output I'm getting:
Nov 28 17:20:48 T460 NetworkManager[667]: initiating Main Mode IKE_SA 41d2e76d-a4c4-4f56-bd6a-58ad795af332[1] to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Nov 28 17:20:48 T460 NetworkManager[667]: generating ID_PROT request 0 [ SA V V V V V ]
Nov 28 17:20:48 T460 NetworkManager[667]: sending packet: from 192.168.43.232[500] to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx[500] (240 bytes)
Nov 28 17:20:48 T460 NetworkManager[667]: sending retransmit 1 of request message ID 0, seq 1
Nov 28 17:20:48 T460 NetworkManager[667]: sending packet: from 192.168.43.232[500] to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx[500] (240 bytes)
Nov 28 17:20:48 T460 NetworkManager[667]: destroying IKE_SA in state CONNECTING without notification
Nov 28 17:20:48 T460 NetworkManager[667]: establishing connection '41d2e76d-a4c4-4f56-bd6a-58ad795af332' failed
Nov 28 17:20:48 T460 nm-l2tp-service[3673]: g_dbus_method_invocation_take_error: assertion 'error != NULL' failed
Nov 28 17:20:48 T460 NetworkManager[667]: <info> [1511889648.3131] vpn-connection[0x55fe5d8fe2f0,41d2e76d-a4c4-4f56-bd6a-58ad795af332,"WorkVPN",0]: VPN service disappeared
Nov 28 17:20:48 T460 NetworkManager[667]: <warn> [1511889648.3161] vpn-connection[0x55fe5d8fe2f0,41d2e76d-a4c4-4f56-bd6a-58ad795af332,"WorkVPN",0]: VPN connection: failed to connect: 'Message recipient disconnected from message bus without replying'
Nov 28 17:23:58 T460 NetworkManager[667]: <info> [1511889838.9310] audit: op="connection-activate" uuid="41d2e76d-a4c4-4f56-bd6a-58ad795af332" name="WorkVPN" pid=1017 uid=1000 result="success"
Nov 28 17:23:58 T460 NetworkManager[667]: <info> [1511889838.9371] vpn-connection[0x55fe5d8fe4e0,41d2e76d-a4c4-4f56-bd6a-58ad795af332,"WorkVPN",0]: Started the VPN service, PID 3759
Nov 28 17:23:58 T460 NetworkManager[667]: <info> [1511889838.9477] vpn-connection[0x55fe5d8fe4e0,41d2e76d-a4c4-4f56-bd6a-58ad795af332,"WorkVPN",0]: Saw the service appear; activating connection
Nov 28 17:24:01 T460 nm-l2tp-service[3759]: Check port 1701
Nov 28 17:24:01 T460 NetworkManager[667]: Stopping strongSwan IPsec failed: starter is not running
Nov 28 17:24:03 T460 NetworkManager[667]: Starting strongSwan 5.5.1 IPsec [starter]...
Nov 28 17:24:03 T460 NetworkManager[667]: Loading config setup
Nov 28 17:24:03 T460 NetworkManager[667]: Loading conn '41d2e76d-a4c4-4f56-bd6a-58ad795af332'
Nov 28 17:24:03 T460 NetworkManager[667]: found netkey IPsec stack
Nov 28 17:24:03 T460 charon: 00[DMN] Starting IKE charon daemon (strongSwan 5.5.1, Linux 4.14.2-041402-generic, x86_64)
Nov 28 17:24:03 T460 charon: 00[CFG] loading ca certificates from '/etc/ipsec.d/cacerts'
Nov 28 17:24:03 T460 charon: 00[CFG] loading aa certificates from '/etc/ipsec.d/aacerts'
Nov 28 17:24:03 T460 charon: 00[CFG] loading ocsp signer certificates from '/etc/ipsec.d/ocspcerts'
Nov 28 17:24:03 T460 charon: 00[CFG] loading attribute certificates from '/etc/ipsec.d/acerts'
Nov 28 17:24:03 T460 charon: 00[CFG] loading crls from '/etc/ipsec.d/crls'
Nov 28 17:24:03 T460 charon: 00[CFG] loading secrets from '/etc/ipsec.secrets'
Nov 28 17:24:03 T460 charon: 00[CFG] loading secrets from '/etc/ipsec.d/nm-l2tp-ipsec-41d2e76d-a4c4-4f56-bd6a-58ad795af332.secrets'
Nov 28 17:24:03 T460 charon: 00[CFG] loaded IKE secret for %any
Nov 28 17:24:03 T460 charon: 00[LIB] loaded plugins: charon test-vectors aesni aes rc2 sha2 sha1 md4 md5 random nonce x509 revocation constraints pubkey pkcs1 pkcs7 pkcs8 pkcs12 pgp dnskey sshkey pem openssl fips-prf gmp agent xcbc hmac ccm gcm attr kernel-netlink resolve socket-default connmark stroke updown eap-mschapv2 xauth-generic
Nov 28 17:24:03 T460 charon: 00[LIB] dropped capabilities, running as uid 0, gid 0
Nov 28 17:24:03 T460 charon: 00[JOB] spawning 16 worker threads
Nov 28 17:24:03 T460 charon: 05[CFG] received stroke: add connection '41d2e76d-a4c4-4f56-bd6a-58ad795af332'
Nov 28 17:24:03 T460 charon: 05[CFG] added configuration '41d2e76d-a4c4-4f56-bd6a-58ad795af332'
Nov 28 17:24:04 T460 charon: 07[CFG] rereading secrets
Nov 28 17:24:04 T460 charon: 07[CFG] loading secrets from '/etc/ipsec.secrets'
Nov 28 17:24:04 T460 charon: 07[CFG] loading secrets from '/etc/ipsec.d/nm-l2tp-ipsec-41d2e76d-a4c4-4f56-bd6a-58ad795af332.secrets'
Nov 28 17:24:04 T460 charon: 07[CFG] loaded IKE secret for %any
Nov 28 17:24:04 T460 charon: 10[CFG] received stroke: initiate '41d2e76d-a4c4-4f56-bd6a-58ad795af332'
Nov 28 17:24:04 T460 charon: 11[IKE] initiating Main Mode IKE_SA 41d2e76d-a4c4-4f56-bd6a-58ad795af332[1] to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Nov 28 17:24:04 T460 charon: 11[ENC] generating ID_PROT request 0 [ SA V V V V V ]
Nov 28 17:24:04 T460 charon: 11[NET] sending packet: from 192.168.43.232[500] to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx[500] (240 bytes)
Nov 28 17:24:08 T460 charon: 12[IKE] sending retransmit 1 of request message ID 0, seq 1
Nov 28 17:24:08 T460 charon: 12[NET] sending packet: from 192.168.43.232[500] to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx[500] (240 bytes)
Nov 28 17:24:14 T460 NetworkManager[667]: Stopping strongSwan IPsec...
Nov 28 17:24:14 T460 charon: 00[DMN] signal of type SIGINT received. Shutting down
Nov 28 17:24:14 T460 charon: 00[IKE] destroying IKE_SA in state CONNECTING without notification
Nov 28 17:24:14 T460 NetworkManager[667]: initiating Main Mode IKE_SA 41d2e76d-a4c4-4f56-bd6a-58ad795af332[1] to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Nov 28 17:24:14 T460 NetworkManager[667]: generating ID_PROT request 0 [ SA V V V V V ]
Nov 28 17:24:14 T460 NetworkManager[667]: sending packet: from 192.168.43.232[500] to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx[500] (240 bytes)
Nov 28 17:24:14 T460 NetworkManager[667]: sending retransmit 1 of request message ID 0, seq 1
Nov 28 17:24:14 T460 NetworkManager[667]: sending packet: from 192.168.43.232[500] to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx[500] (240 bytes)
Nov 28 17:24:14 T460 NetworkManager[667]: destroying IKE_SA in state CONNECTING without notification
Nov 28 17:24:14 T460 NetworkManager[667]: establishing connection '41d2e76d-a4c4-4f56-bd6a-58ad795af332' failed
Nov 28 17:24:14 T460 nm-l2tp-service[3759]: g_dbus_method_invocation_take_error: assertion 'error != NULL' failed
Nov 28 17:24:14 T460 NetworkManager[667]: <info> [1511889854.5718] vpn-connection[0x55fe5d8fe4e0,41d2e76d-a4c4-4f56-bd6a-58ad795af332,"WorkVPN",0]: VPN plugin: state changed: stopped (6)
Nov 28 17:24:14 T460 NetworkManager[667]: <info> [1511889854.5779] vpn-connection[0x55fe5d8fe4e0,41d2e76d-a4c4-4f56-bd6a-58ad795af332,"WorkVPN",0]: VPN service disappeared
Nov 28 17:24:14 T460 NetworkManager[667]: <warn> [1511889854.5803] vpn-connection[0x55fe5d8fe4e0,41d2e76d-a4c4-4f56-bd6a-58ad795af332,"WorkVPN",0]: VPN connection: failed to connect: 'Message recipient disconnected from message bus without replying'
EDIT:
Here's the debug info output:
van@z97:/opt/testing$ sudo /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-l2tp-service --debug
nm-l2tp[24282] <debug> nm-l2tp-service (version 1.2.8) starting...
nm-l2tp[24282] <debug> uses default --bus-name "org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.l2tp"
nm-l2tp[24282] <info> ipsec enable flag: yes
** Message: Check port 1701
** Message: Can't bind to port 1701
nm-l2tp[24282] <warn> L2TP port 1701 is busy, using ephemeral.
connection
id : "Work" (s)
uuid : "71468d41-cd5a-4c91-a70a-c6bc7e1db86a" (s)
interface-name : NULL (sd)
type : "vpn" (s)
permissions : ["user:van:"] (s)
autoconnect : TRUE (sd)
autoconnect-priority : 0 (sd)
autoconnect-retries : -1 (sd)
timestamp : 0 (sd)
read-only : FALSE (sd)
zone : NULL (sd)
master : NULL (sd)
slave-type : NULL (sd)
autoconnect-slaves : ((NMSettingConnectionAutoconnectSlaves) NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_AUTOCONNECT_SLAVES_DEFAULT) (sd)
secondaries : NULL (sd)
gateway-ping-timeout : 0 (sd)
metered : ((NMMetered) NM_METERED_UNKNOWN) (sd)
lldp : -1 (sd)
stable-id : NULL (sd)
ipv6
method : "auto" (s)
dns : [] (s)
dns-search : [] (s)
dns-options : NULL (sd)
dns-priority : 0 (sd)
addresses : ((GPtrArray*) 0x5645b3895ae0) (s)
gateway : NULL (sd)
routes : ((GPtrArray*) 0x5645b3895ae0) (s)
route-metric : -1 (sd)
ignore-auto-routes : FALSE (sd)
ignore-auto-dns : FALSE (sd)
dhcp-hostname : NULL (sd)
dhcp-send-hostname : TRUE (sd)
never-default : FALSE (sd)
may-fail : TRUE (sd)
dad-timeout : -1 (sd)
dhcp-timeout : 0 (sd)
ip6-privacy : ((NMSettingIP6ConfigPrivacy) NM_SETTING_IP6_CONFIG_PRIVACY_UNKNOWN) (sd)
addr-gen-mode : 1 (sd)
token : NULL (sd)
proxy
method : 0 (sd)
browser-only : FALSE (sd)
pac-url : NULL (sd)
pac-script : NULL (sd)
vpn
service-type : "org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.l2tp" (s)
user-name : "van" (s)
persistent : FALSE (sd)
data : ((GHashTable*) 0x7fef54006de0) (s)
secrets : ((GHashTable*) 0x7fef54006cc0) (s)
timeout : 0 (sd)
ipv4
method : "auto" (s)
dns : [] (s)
dns-search : [] (s)
dns-options : NULL (sd)
dns-priority : 0 (sd)
addresses : ((GPtrArray*) 0x5645b38957a0) (s)
gateway : NULL (sd)
routes : ((GPtrArray*) 0x5645b3895a00) (s)
route-metric : -1 (sd)
ignore-auto-routes : FALSE (sd)
ignore-auto-dns : FALSE (sd)
dhcp-hostname : NULL (sd)
dhcp-send-hostname : TRUE (sd)
never-default : FALSE (sd)
may-fail : TRUE (sd)
dad-timeout : -1 (sd)
dhcp-timeout : 0 (sd)
dhcp-client-id : NULL (sd)
dhcp-fqdn : NULL (sd)
nm-l2tp[24282] <info> starting ipsec
Stopping strongSwan IPsec failed: starter is not running
Starting strongSwan 5.5.1 IPsec [starter]...
Loading config setup
Loading conn '71468d41-cd5a-4c91-a70a-c6bc7e1db86a'
found netkey IPsec stack
nm-l2tp[24282] <info> Spawned ipsec up script with PID 24345.
initiating Main Mode IKE_SA 71468d41-cd5a-4c91-a70a-c6bc7e1db86a[1] to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
generating ID_PROT request 0 [ SA V V V V V ]
sending packet: from 192.168.0.2[500] to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx[500] (240 bytes)
sending retransmit 1 of request message ID 0, seq 1
sending packet: from 192.168.0.2[500] to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx[500] (240 bytes)
nm-l2tp[24282] <warn> Timeout trying to establish IPsec connection
nm-l2tp[24282] <info> Terminating ipsec script with PID 24345.
Stopping strongSwan IPsec...
destroying IKE_SA in state CONNECTING without notification
establishing connection '71468d41-cd5a-4c91-a70a-c6bc7e1db86a' failed
nm-l2tp[24282] <warn> Could not establish IPsec tunnel.
(nm-l2tp-service:24282): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_dbus_method_invocation_take_error: assertion 'error != NULL' failed