Following are the steps I took to overcome the problem. Unfortunately, I
can not tell you exactly which one was the solution.

# stop all vpn logins, ie close down all client access
# now, do the following
cat /var/run/ovpnserver.log
cat /var/var/ovpnserver.log
# one of these is likely an empty file
openvpnctrl -k # kill the openvpn service
rm /var/run/ovpnserver.log
rm /var/var/ovpnserver.log
# make sure the configuration option is correct
grep ovpnserver.log /var/ipfire/ovpn/server.conf
openvpnctrl -s # start the openvpn service
cat /var/run/ovpnserver.log
cat /var/var/ovpnserver.log
# one of the above should have the headers in it, hopefully /var/run
# if /var/run/ovpnserver.log has the headers, you should be good
# now, make a vpn connection, let it get established, then
cat /var/run/ovpnserver.log
# you should see the new vpn connection. If you do, stats and connection
# will show.



An empty ovpnserver.log file looks as follows. This is with no
connections to it. This appears to be the file that all stats and
displays come from.

----------------------------------------------------------------
OpenVPN CLIENT LIST
Updated,Mon Apr 27 14:15:56 2015
Common Name,Real Address,Bytes Received,Bytes Sent,Connected Since
ROUTING TABLE
Virtual Address,Common Name,Real Address,Last Ref
GLOBAL STATS
Max bcast/mcast queue length,0
END
----------------------------------------------------------------

Rod


On 04/27/2015 11:37 AM, robert wrote:
> Thanks Rod
> On 27.04.2015 17:40, Rod Rodolico wrote:
>> Hi Robert,
>>
>> Do you have access to the command line? I so, edit
>> /var/ipfire/ovpn/server.conf
>>
>> and look for the line which says
>> status /var/log/ovpnserver.log 30
>>
>> If it says /var/log, change that to
>> status /var/run/ovpnserver.log 30
> i had seen that email of yours allreadi.
> And did change that line before.
>>
>> (ovpnserver.log was moved from /var/log to /var/run)
>>
>> Now, restart the OpenVPN Server.
>>
>> Let us know if that fixes it.
> unfortunately no
> 
> any more ideas?
> thanks
> robert
> 
>>
>> Rod
>>
>> On 04/27/2015 06:19 AM, robert wrote:
>>> Hi there,
>>> I have updated my ipfire box to core89.
>>> Now all the vpn connections in the
>>>
>>> Connection Status and -Control screen
>>>
>>> always show the status:disconnected
>>>
>>> even when there is a connection active.
>>>
>>> What could be the reason?
>>> How to fix?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> robert
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Development mailing list
>>> Development(a)lists.ipfire.org
>>> http://lists.ipfire.org/mailman/listinfo/development
> 

-- 
Rod Rodolico
Daily Data, Inc.
POB 140465
Dallas TX 75214-0465
214.827.2170
http://www.dailydata.net