I'm trying to set a vpn on Ubuntu 18 in ethernet via network manager
Whenever i connect with valid credentials it keeps asking for password and then prompts activation of network connection failed

i tried re-installing the necessary packages but nothing works.

The VPN is openvpn

also tried Via cli
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sudo openvpn pl.ovpn

Wed Dec 18 06:23:53 2019 OpenVPN 2.4.4 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [MH/PKTINFO] [AEAD] built on May 14 2019

Wed Dec 18 06:23:53 2019 library versions: OpenSSL 1.1.1  11 Sep 2018, LZO 2.08

Enter Auth Username: megsbarliso

Enter Auth Password: *****************



Wed Dec 18 06:23:59 2019 TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]

Wed Dec 18 06:23:59 2019 Socket Buffers: R=[212992->212992] S=[212992->212992]

Wed Dec 18 06:23:59 2019 UDP link local: (not bound)

Wed Dec 18 06:23:59 2019 UDP link remote: [AF_INET]

Wed Dec 18 06:23:59 2019 TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET], sid=45a01c11 79e0c228

Wed Dec 18 06:23:59 2019 WARNING: this configuration may cache passwords in memory -- use the auth-nocache option to prevent this

Wed Dec 18 06:23:59 2019 VERIFY OK: depth=1, CN=ovpn1.va.pl.net

Wed Dec 18 06:23:59 2019 VERIFY KU OK

Wed Dec 18 06:23:59 2019 Validating certificate extended key usage

Wed Dec 18 06:23:59 2019 ++ Certificate has EKU (str) TLS Web Server Authentication, expects TLS Web Server Authentication

Wed Dec 18 06:23:59 2019 VERIFY EKU OK

Wed Dec 18 06:23:59 2019 VERIFY OK: depth=0, CN=server

Wed Dec 18 06:24:02 2019 Control Channel: TLSv1.2, cipher TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 2048 bit RSA

Wed Dec 18 06:24:02 2019 [server] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]54.83.118.102:1194

Wed Dec 18 06:24:03 2019 SENT CONTROL [server]: 'PUSH_REQUEST' (status=1)

Wed Dec 18 06:24:03 2019 AUTH: Received control message: AUTH_FAILED

Wed Dec 18 06:24:03 2019 SIGTERM[soft,auth-failure] received, process exiting

vcg@vcg-MS-7C13:~$ 

as suggested the following command dpkg -l *network-manager* | grep ii outputs the following

ii  network-manager                            1.10.6-2ubuntu1.2           amd64        network management framework (daemon and userspace tools)

ii  network-manager-config-connectivity-ubuntu 1.10.6-2ubuntu1.2           all          NetworkManager configuration to enable connectivity checking

ii  network-manager-gnome                      1.8.10-2ubuntu3             amd64        network management framework (GNOME frontend)

ii  network-manager-l2tp                       1.2.16-1~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 amd64        network management framework (L2TP plugin core)

ii  network-manager-l2tp-gnome                 1.2.16-1~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 amd64        network management framework (L2TP plugin GNOME GUI)

ii  network-manager-openvpn                    1.8.2-1                     amd64        network management framework (OpenVPN plugin core)

ii  network-manager-openvpn-gnome              1.8.2-1                     amd64        network management framework (OpenVPN plugin GNOME GUI)

ii  network-manager-pptp                       1.2.6-1                     amd64        network management framework (PPTP plugin core)

ii  network-manager-pptp-gnome                 1.2.6-1                     amd64        network management framework (PPTP plugin GNOME GUI)

i tried a public ovpn file that doesn't have auth required and this is the output

sudo openvpn USA_135.180.79.35_tcp.ovpn

Thu Dec 19 01:28:44 2019 OpenVPN 2.4.4 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [MH/PKTINFO] [AEAD] built on May 14 2019

Thu Dec 19 01:28:44 2019 library versions: OpenSSL 1.1.1  11 Sep 2018, LZO 2.08

Thu Dec 19 01:28:44 2019 WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled.  See http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info.

Thu Dec 19 01:28:44 2019 TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]135.180.79.35:1557

Thu Dec 19 01:28:44 2019 Socket Buffers: R=[131072->131072] S=[16384->16384]

Thu Dec 19 01:28:44 2019 Attempting to establish TCP connection with [AF_INET]135.180.79.35:1557 [nonblock]

Thu Dec 19 01:28:45 2019 TCP connection established with [AF_INET]135.180.79.35:1557

Thu Dec 19 01:28:45 2019 TCP_CLIENT link local: (not bound)

Thu Dec 19 01:28:45 2019 TCP_CLIENT link remote: [AF_INET]135.180.79.35:1557

Thu Dec 19 01:28:45 2019 TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET]135.180.79.35:1557, sid=8ad9b726 45231acc

Thu Dec 19 01:28:46 2019 VERIFY OK: depth=2, C=GB, ST=Greater Manchester, L=Salford, O=COMODO CA Limited, CN=COMODO RSA Certification Authority

Thu Dec 19 01:28:46 2019 VERIFY OK: depth=1, C=GB, ST=Greater Manchester, L=Salford, O=COMODO CA Limited, CN=COMODO RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA

Thu Dec 19 01:28:46 2019 VERIFY OK: depth=0, OU=Domain Control Validated, OU=PositiveSSL Wildcard, CN=*.opengw.net

Thu Dec 19 01:28:46 2019 Control Channel: TLSv1.2, cipher TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 2048 bit RSA

Thu Dec 19 01:28:46 2019 [*.opengw.net] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]135.180.79.35:1557

Thu Dec 19 01:28:47 2019 SENT CONTROL [*.opengw.net]: 'PUSH_REQUEST' (status=1)

Thu Dec 19 01:28:48 2019 AUTH: Received control message: AUTH_FAILED

Thu Dec 19 01:28:48 2019 SIGTERM[soft,auth-failure] received, process exiting