nmcli: Connection activation failed: no valid VPN secrets.

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I have the following setup:

[connection]
id=My connection name
uuid=aa-bb-cc-dd
type=vpn
permissions=user:theuser:;

[vpn]
service-type=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn
connection-type=tls
remote=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
cipher=BF-CBC
comp-lzo=yes
tunnel-mtu=1400
cert-pass-flags=1
port=xxxx
cert=/home/theuser/.vpn/key.p12
ca=/home/theuser/.vpn/key.p12
key=/home/theuser/.vpn/key.p12
tls-remote=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

[ipv4]
method=auto

When I'm logged into the default ubuntu session I can type nmcli con up id "My connection name" which will setup the VPN respectively.

Executing exactly the same under i3 gives me:

Error: Connection activation failed: no valid VPN secrets.

I am logged in with the same user and do not execute the nmcli-command under root.

What do I miss?

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I am not entirely sure about what’s the problem, so I’m not going to write this as an answer, but it sounds like this is a (gnome-)keyring problem?

Michael (May 25 '14)edit

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[connection] id=my_connection uuid=x-y-z type=vpn autoconnect=false timestamp=1394900890 [vpn] service-type=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp password-flags=0 require-mppe=yes user=my_user_name refuse-eap=yes refuse-chap=yes nobsdcomp=yes gateway=xx.xx.xx.xx domain=my_domain refuse-pap=yes [vpn-secrets] password=my_password [ipv4] method=auto

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