En Ubuntu 16.04, ya he seguido un par de tutoriales para reconstruir el administrador de red, también instalado a través de apt-get install network-manager-l2tp network-manager-l2tp-gnome.
Estaba funcionando hasta ayer, cuando un mensaje al azar decía The VPN connection failed because the VPN service failed to start. No hay errores en la configuración ya que las mismas credenciales de VPN y host se han estado utilizando en otro Ubuntu, también 16.04 y Windows 8.1.
Mirando /var/log/syslog:
NetworkManager[899]: <info> [1496143714.1953] audit: op="connection-activate" uuid="cac1651d-9cbd-4989-bc57-b9707ddd012a" name="VPNCS" pid=2295 uid=1000 result="success"
NetworkManager[899]: <info> [1496143714.1973] vpn-connection[0xa56420,cac1651d-9cbd-4989-bc57-b9707ddd012a,"VPNCS",0]: Started the VPN service, PID 5798
NetworkManager[899]: <info> [1496143714.2013] vpn-connection[0xa56420,cac1651d-9cbd-4989-bc57-b9707ddd012a,"VPNCS",0]: Saw the service appear; activating connection
NetworkManager[899]: <info> [1496143714.2760] vpn-connection[0xa56420,cac1651d-9cbd-4989-bc57-b9707ddd012a,"VPNCS",0]: VPN connection: (ConnectInteractive) reply received
NetworkManager[899]: nm-l2tp[5798] <info> ipsec enable flag: yes
NetworkManager[899]: ** Message: Check port 1701
NetworkManager[899]: nm-l2tp[5798] <info> starting ipsec
NetworkManager[899]: Stopping strongSwan IPsec...
gnome-session[1843]: X protocol error:
gnome-session[1843]: <class 'Xlib.error.BadWindow'>: code = 3, resource_id = Xlib.xobject.resource.Resource(0x00e003ad), sequence_number = 22167, major_opcode = 33, minor_opcode = 0
gnome-session[1843]: X protocol error:
gnome-session[1843]: <class 'Xlib.error.BadWindow'>: code = 3, resource_id = Xlib.xobject.resource.Resource(0x00e003ad), sequence_number = 22168, major_opcode = 33, minor_opcode = 0
gnome-session[1843]: X protocol error:
gnome-session[1843]: <class 'Xlib.error.BadWindow'>: code = 3, resource_id = Xlib.xobject.resource.Resource(0x00e003ad), sequence_number = 22169, major_opcode = 33, minor_opcode = 0
gnome-session[1843]: X protocol error:
gnome-session[1843]: <class 'Xlib.error.BadWindow'>: code = 3, resource_id = Xlib.xobject.resource.Resource(0x00e003ad), sequence_number = 22170, major_opcode = 33, minor_opcode = 0
gnome-session[1843]: X protocol error:
gnome-session[1843]: <class 'Xlib.error.BadWindow'>: code = 3, resource_id = Xlib.xobject.resource.Resource(0x00e003ad), sequence_number = 22171, major_opcode = 33, minor_opcode = 0
gnome-session[1843]: X protocol error:
gnome-session[1843]: <class 'Xlib.error.BadWindow'>: code = 3, resource_id = Xlib.xobject.resource.Resource(0x00e003ad), sequence_number = 22172, major_opcode = 33, minor_opcode = 0
gnome-session[1843]: X protocol error:
gnome-session[1843]: <class 'Xlib.error.BadWindow'>: code = 3, resource_id = Xlib.xobject.resource.Resource(0x00e003ad), sequence_number = 22173, major_opcode = 33, minor_opcode = 0
gnome-session[1843]: X protocol error:
gnome-session[1843]: <class 'Xlib.error.BadWindow'>: code = 3, resource_id = Xlib.xobject.resource.Resource(0x00e003ad), sequence_number = 22174, major_opcode = 33, minor_opcode = 0
gnome-session[1843]: X protocol error:
gnome-session[1843]: <class 'Xlib.error.BadWindow'>: code = 3, resource_id = Xlib.xobject.resource.Resource(0x00e003ad), sequence_number = 22175, major_opcode = 33, minor_opcode = 0
gnome-session[1843]: X protocol error:
gnome-session[1843]: <class 'Xlib.error.BadWindow'>: code = 3, resource_id = Xlib.xobject.resource.Resource(0x00e003ad), sequence_number = 22176, major_opcode = 33, minor_opcode = 0
gnome-session[1843]: X protocol error:
gnome-session[1843]: <class 'Xlib.error.BadWindow'>: code = 3, resource_id = Xlib.xobject.resource.Resource(0x00e003ad), sequence_number = 22177, major_opcode = 33, minor_opcode = 0
gnome-session[1843]: X protocol error:
gnome-session[1843]: <class 'Xlib.error.BadWindow'>: code = 3, resource_id = Xlib.xobject.resource.Resource(0x00e003ad), sequence_number = 22178, major_opcode = 33, minor_opcode = 0
gnome-session[1843]: X protocol error:
gnome-session[1843]: <class 'Xlib.error.BadWindow'>: code = 3, resource_id = Xlib.xobject.resource.Resource(0x00e003ad), sequence_number = 22179, major_opcode = 33, minor_opcode = 0
gnome-session[1843]: X protocol error:
gnome-session[1843]: <class 'Xlib.error.BadWindow'>: code = 3, resource_id = Xlib.xobject.resource.Resource(0x00e003ad), sequence_number = 22180, major_opcode = 33, minor_opcode = 0
gnome-session[1843]: X protocol error:
gnome-session[1843]: <class 'Xlib.error.BadWindow'>: code = 3, resource_id = Xlib.xobject.resource.Resource(0x00e003ad), sequence_number = 22181, major_opcode = 33, minor_opcode = 0
gnome-session[1843]: X protocol error:
gnome-session[1843]: <class 'Xlib.error.BadWindow'>: code = 3, resource_id = Xlib.xobject.resource.Resource(0x00e003ad), sequence_number = 22182, major_opcode = 33, minor_opcode = 0
NetworkManager[899]: Starting strongSwan 5.5.2 IPsec [starter]...
NetworkManager[899]: Loading config setup
NetworkManager[899]: Loading conn 'cac1651d-9cbd-4989-bc57-b9707ddd012a'
NetworkManager[899]: found netkey IPsec stack
charon: 00[DMN] Starting IKE charon daemon (strongSwan 5.5.2, Linux 4.4.0-78-generic, x86_64)
NetworkManager[899]: nm-l2tp[5798] <warn> IPsec service is not ready.
NetworkManager[899]: nm-l2tp[5798] <warn> Could not establish IPsec tunnel.
NetworkManager[899]: (nm-l2tp-service:5798): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_dbus_method_invocation_take_error: assertion 'error != NULL' failed
NetworkManager[899]: <info> [1496143732.4905] vpn-connection[0xa56420,cac1651d-9cbd-4989-bc57-b9707ddd012a,"VPNCS",0]: VPN plugin: state changed: stopped (6)
NetworkManager[899]: <info> [1496143732.4929] vpn-connection[0xa56420,cac1651d-9cbd-4989-bc57-b9707ddd012a,"VPNCS",0]: VPN plugin: state change reason: unknown (0)
NetworkManager[899]: <info> [1496143732.4952] vpn-connection[0xa56420,cac1651d-9cbd-4989-bc57-b9707ddd012a,"VPNCS",0]: VPN service disappeared
NetworkManager[899]: <warn> [1496143732.4971] vpn-connection[0xa56420,cac1651d-9cbd-4989-bc57-b9707ddd012a,"VPNCS",0]: VPN connection: failed to connect: 'Message recipient disconnected from message bus without replying'
Ya he intentado eliminar network-manager-l2tpy -gnomepaquetes y reinstalarlos, pero todavía tengo el mismo error.
¿Alguna solución?
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sudo ike-scan <address>y devuelve algo sobre el enlace y el puerto que ya está en uso, es posible que esosystemctl stop strongswanno sea suficiente ycharontodavía se esté ejecutando. Uno puede confirmar que se está ejecutandosudo netstat -nply verificando el bloque superior donde se muestran los procesos y puertos que se están utilizando. Podía detener completamente la ejecución de Charonsudo service strongswan stop, sin estar seguro de por qué el comportamiento diferente de esosystemctl.-sinterruptor deike-scanca puede ahorrarle una búsqueda de PID;). Incluso puede salvarlo asudo:ike-scan -s 60066 <IP>ike-scany decía que el puerto 500 ya estaba en uso. usandonetstat -nplmostrado que lodocker-proxyestaba usando. Como no dependo de la ventana acoplable, lo detuvesudo service docker stopy pude conectarme con éxito a la VPN L2TP.Esta respuesta es específica para conectarse a una cuenta de Cisco Meraki en una VPN L2TP / IP. La solución funciona en mi sistema Ubuntu 16.04. Todas las instrucciones se copian directamente de la respuesta de Pigman en este hilo del foro de Meraki . Me quito el sombrero ante él, me ahorró horas de frustración.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nm-l2tp/network-manager-l2tpy `sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install network-manager-l2tpsudo apt-get install network-manager-l2tp-gnomesudo service xl2tpd stopsudo systemctl disable xl2tpdUnos pasos más tomados de respuestas anteriores, solo para ser infalible
sudo service strongswan stopsudo systemctl disable strongswanfuente