[Solved] Issue starting nordvpn

Desktop Environments Gnome
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Hello,
I have installed nordvpn as follow:

$ yay -S nordvpn-bin

According to the documentation, I tried to start the service using:

sudo systemctl enable --now nordvpnd

which triggers the error:

Failed to enable unit: Unit file nordvpn.service does not exist.

I had to type:

$ systemctl enable nordvpnd.service
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/default.target.wants/nordvpnd.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/nordvpnd.service.e

But login fails as follow:

$ nordvpn login
Whoops! Permission denied accessing /run/nordvpn/nordvpnd.sock
Run 'usermod -aG nordvpn $USER' to fix this issue and log out of OS afterwards for this to take an effect.

But if I do:

[jeanpat@T430 ~]$ usermod -aG nordvpn $jeanpat
Usage: usermod [options] LOGIN

the usermod command complains…
Any idea ?
Thanks

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So you need to do either:
sudo usermod -aG nordvpn $USER
or
sudo usermod -aG nordvpn jeanpat

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You will also need sudo for those so:

sudo usermod -aG nordvpn jeanpat
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4

I was just editing my post to add sudo :sweat_smile:

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I sudoed usermod but fails to connect:

$ usermod -aG nordvpn jeanpat
usermod: Permission denied.
usermod: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later.
[jeanpat@T430 ~]$ sudo usermod -aG nordvpn jeanpat
[sudo] Mot de passe de jeanpat : 
[jeanpat@T430 ~]$ nordvpn login
Whoops! Permission denied accessing /run/nordvpn/nordvpnd.sock
Run 'usermod -aG nordvpn $USER' to fix this issue and log out of OS afterwards for this to take an effect.
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Did you logout and back in for the change to take effect?

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Restarting the service didn’t help:

[jeanpat@T430 ~]$ systemctl enable nordvpnd.service
[jeanpat@T430 ~]$ nordvpn login
Whoops! Permission denied accessing /run/nordvpn/nordvpnd.sock
Run 'usermod -aG nordvpn $USER' to fix this issue and log out of OS afterwards for this to take an effect.
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no, I try a reboot

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Thanks, it’ better I can login, but nordvpn meets problems…

Password: **********
It's not you, it's us. We're having trouble reaching our servers. If the issue persists, please contact our customer support.
[jeanpat@T430 ~]$ nordvpn status
Status: Disconnected
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retrying works!
Thanks

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Nice you got it working!

You could also use NetworkManager as well to load your VPN config files. Just to mention another option.

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Do you mean this?
https://github.com/vfosterm/NordVPN-NetworkManager-Gui

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No.
In Gnome: Settings >> Network >> VPN + >> Import from file…

VPN

And then load your VPN config file, put in your credential etc.

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ok, there’s also a gnome extension:
https://github.com/AlexPoilrouge/NordVPN-connect

At least, the cli works

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How does the file looks? Can it be generted with an editor?

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The VPN configs need to be downloaded from the VPN provider.
I have also NordVPN. It is a text file and looks like

this 
client
dev tun
proto udp
remote 195.206.183.111 1194
resolv-retry infinite
remote-random
nobind
tun-mtu 1500
tun-mtu-extra 32
mssfix 1450
persist-key
persist-tun
ping 15
ping-restart 0
ping-timer-rem
reneg-sec 0
comp-lzo no

remote-cert-tls server

auth-user-pass
verb 3
pull
fast-io
cipher AES-256-CBC
auth SHA512
<ca>
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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==
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
</ca>
key-direction 1
<tls-auth>
#
# 2048 bit OpenVPN static key
#
-----BEGIN OpenVPN Static key V1-----
e685bdaf659a25a200e2b9e39e51ff03
0fc72cf1ce07232bd8b2be5e6c670143
f51e937e670eee09d4f2ea5a6e4e6996
5db852c275351b86fc4ca892d78ae002
d6f70d029bd79c4d1c26cf14e9588033
cf639f8a74809f29f72b9d58f9b8f5fe
fc7938eade40e9fed6cb92184abb2cc1
0eb1a296df243b251df0643d53724cdb
5a92a1d6cb817804c4a9319b57d53be5
80815bcfcb2df55018cc83fc43bc7ff8
2d51f9b88364776ee9d12fc85cc7ea5b
9741c4f598c485316db066d52db4540e
212e1518a9bd4828219e24b20d88f598
a196c9de96012090e333519ae18d3509
9427e7b372d348d352dc4c85e18cd4b9
3f8a56ddb2e64eb67adfc9b337157ff4
-----END OpenVPN Static key V1-----
</tls-auth>

for example.

You could also download them all here:

https://downloads.nordcdn.com/configs/archives/servers/ovpn.zip

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Just for info, you mistyped the service name at this step which is why it showed an error:

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