Re: core 89: vpns do not show up anymore

[Rod Rodolico <rodo@dailydata.net>]

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I'd like to know why also. Question: when you made the modifications the
first time, did you disconnect all VPN connections prior to restarting
OpenVPN?

I have several more of these to upgrade. I'll try to find a recipe to
follow if I can.

Rod

On 04/27/2015 11:32 PM, robert rottermann wrote:
> thanks rod
> 
> up a sudden it does work again and show the connections
> 
> No idea why
> robert
> 
> On 27.04.2015 21:18, Rod Rodolico wrote:
>> 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
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> 

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