Init.d openvpn
OpenVPN, moving from init.d way to the Stretch/systemd way ...
when I run openvpn with 'openvpn server.conf' from '/etc/openvpn' everything works fine. But when i run '/etc/init.d/openvpn start' or '/etc/init.d/openvpn start server' or '/etc/init.d/openvpn … $ /etc/init.d/openvpn enable $ /etc/init.d/openvpn start At any moment, we can check the logs for a successful server initialization and the respective service is running as expected: $ cat /tmp/openvpn.log $ cat /var/log/openvpn.log $ pgrep -f -a openvpn A likely output from these logs above indicating success, would be: I looked around /etc/init.d and found a script called openvpn with these contents. I'm not terribly familiar with linux so I'm not sure if I can find it … This is on Backfire 10.3.1 and I know there has been ticket /ticket/10518.html and other revisions that might have solved this too, but I cannot test since that file does not work on my release. uci show firewall.@zone[1] uci add_list firewall.@zone[1].network='ovpn' uci commit firewall /etc/init.d/firewall restart /etc/init.d… Tell openvpn service to start after network interfaces has ip addresses (after start network-online.target, which is started after … i got openvpn working but i'm not sure how to run it in the background. # /etc/init.d/openvpn restart * Stopping virtual private … This is on Backfire 10.3.1 and I know there has been ticket /ticket/10518.html and other revisions that might have solved this too, but I cannot test since that file I just ran into this problem when installing the newest version of OpenVPN using RPMForge: openvpn x86_64 2.2.0-2.el5.rf rpmforge 469 k The issue is a typo in the /etc/init.d/openvpn … 15 Feb 2020 -name openvpn ./etc/config/openvpn ./etc/init.d/openvpn ./etc/openvpn ./lib/upgrade/keep.d/openvpn ./overlay/upper/etc/openvpn 23 Jan 2022 [fix-attrs.d] applying ownership & permissions fixes… [fix-attrs.d] done. [cont-init.d] executing container initialization scripts… Then to fix the problem, we had to execute OpenVPN restart commands in the following order.
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/etc/init.d/openvpn start and tell us if it works. also try to use absolute path names for your keys.. michael. Amiga 500 , Zx +2 owner … Hi! I've been using an OpenVPN client setup for months with success and now = I decided to start it automatically during startup. I copied the config file to /etc/openvpn/tun1.conf and the used key file = also : /etc/openvpn/key If I now start it with " /etc/init.d/openvpn start", it works fine. The openvpn works fine if I manually start it in the menu or issue a /etc/init.d/openvpn start command. I have set the Bootup Status to Enabled. I reboot the turtlelan and openvpn … etc/init.d/openvpn Start openvpn deamon after restart - etc init.d openvpn. OpenVPN 2.3.4 x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [EPOLL] [MH] [IPv6] built on Jul 3 2014 library versions: OpenSSL 1.0.1e-fips 11 Feb 2013, LZO … Turns out the init.d script was getting the name of the conf file from the PID of openvpn. That being 'openvpn' and there was no openvpn.conf so it was not … # Restart services / etc / init.d / log restart; / etc / init.d / openvpn restart; sleep 10 # Log and status logread -e openvpn; netstat-l-n-p | grep-e openvpn # Runtime configuration pgrep -f-a openvpn …
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# /etc/init.d/openvpn restart Caveat: Chroot Jail and Syslog If the option chroot is used to run OpenVPN inside a chroot jail (recommended!), it will not be able to log via syslog anymore after a restart of the syslog daemon. if you start openvpn manually with /etc/init.d/openvpn start then openvpn is running ? if yes try in telnet; cd /etc/rcS.d ln -s ../init.d/openvpn … /etc/init.d/openvpn start and tell us if it works. also try to use absolute path names for your keys.. michael. Amiga 500 , Zx +2 owner …
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Note that the /etc/init.d/openvpn script launched by 'service openvpn restart' will start an openvpn server for every .conf file in /etc/openvpn/, so if you still have the tun0.conf file from above, rename it to something else than *.conf. This is because systemd wants only one openvpn … # /etc/init.d/openvpn restart Caveat: Chroot Jail and Syslog If the option chroot is used to run OpenVPN inside a chroot jail (recommended!), it will not be able to log via syslog anymore after a restart of the syslog daemon. if you start openvpn manually with /etc/init.d/openvpn start then openvpn is running ?
To review, open … Every single one seems to assume as some point you can just "chkconfig openvpn on" and/or "service openvpn start" and it will just work. Correct me if I'm wrong but in order for those to work you need a startup script in /etc/init.d/ called openvpn… Create a symlink into multi-user.target.wants (easiest way is systemctl enable openvpn@CONF_NAME.service) E.g., if you have /etc/openvpn/foo.conf, you'd use openvpn@foo.service.
Finally, restart OpenVPN with the command sudo /etc/init.d/openvpn restart. The VPN server is now ready to accept … Actually the post was VERY specific for those that had done a prior install of OpenVPN via init.d, not for doing a new install. With the Stretch release OpenVPN is now installed by default, so no need to systemctl enable openvpn as it’s on-by-default now. The default systemd startup file will now actually auto start any .conf in /etc/openvpn … # service openvpn restart. Note that the /etc/init.d/openvpn script launched by 'service openvpn restart' will start an openvpn server for every .conf file in /etc/openvpn/, so if you still have the tun0.conf file from above, rename it to something else than *.conf. This is because systemd wants only one openvpn … # /etc/init.d/openvpn restart Caveat: Chroot Jail and Syslog If the option chroot is used to run OpenVPN inside a chroot jail (recommended!), it will not be able to log via syslog anymore after a restart of the syslog daemon. if you start openvpn manually with /etc/init.d/openvpn start then openvpn is running ? if yes try in telnet; cd /etc/rcS.d ln -s ../init.d/openvpn … /etc/init.d/openvpn start and tell us if it works. also try to use absolute path names for your keys.. michael. Amiga 500 , Zx +2 owner … Hi! I've been using an OpenVPN client setup for months with success and now = I decided to start it automatically during startup. I copied the config file to /etc/openvpn/tun1.conf and the used key file = also : /etc/openvpn/key If I now start it with " /etc/init.d/openvpn start", it works fine.