From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rod Rodolico To: development@lists.ipfire.org Subject: Re: core 89: vpns do not show up anymore Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 23:55:00 -0500 Message-ID: <553F12A4.3080209@dailydata.net> In-Reply-To: <553F0D49.1010007@redcor.ch> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============9038296387418453593==" List-Id: --===============9038296387418453593== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 --===============9038296387418453593==--