VPN user name and password dialog not displayed

asked 2019-08-07 18:26:48 +0300

Direc gravatar image

Hi,

I was trying to set up OpenVPN-based connection to a site, and there seems to be a bug in the VPN system. I'm running Sony Xperia XA2 with Sailfish OS 3.1.0.11 and this is how it went:

  • Download .ovpn file from the firewall/VPN device
  • Go to Settings, VPN, OpenVPN and import the profile file
  • Make sure that credentials are asked when needed
  • Accept the connection, the VPN entry gets created
  • Tap the connection to establish VPN

What is supposed to happen:

  • VPN credential dialog is shown
  • Enter credentials
  • VPN tunnel is established and the shield icon is shown in the status bar

What happens instead:

  • The indicator keeps pulsing as the connection is being opened, but doesn't establish nor disconnect within a minute or so
  • Tapping three times the connection state resets and the same happens again if tried
  • The same happens again, and again
  • Reboot the phone just to try it...
  • After reboot open Settings, VPN and tap the connection again to open it
  • VPN credential dialog is shown
  • Enter credentials
  • VPN tunnel is established and the shield icon is shown in the status bar

So it seems that the credentials dialog isn't shown until after reboot. I kept trying many times and spent a lot of time trying to figure out if the profile was imported wrong or something, but reboot helped. I never left the Settings > VPN page, so just navigating back to Settings main page might have solved this, but the bug still remains the same - the credentials dialog box isn't shown in the screen, so I can't enter the dialog, so the VPN connection gets stuck.

This was found using OpenVPN type connection, I don't know if this applies to other types as well. I am able to test CVPN at some point if needed.

Thanks!

Comments

'lo Do not know if the bug is the same, but trying to configure a connection to a l2tp vpn, I configured once the ip/name, was asked for user/pass. Missed something so I had to forget the connection, and after that I never have been prompted for user/password. SailfishX on Xperia XA2.

legranblon ( 2020-01-09 12:12:03 +0300 )
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