Hello,
I need to use openvpn. Usually I just import the openvpn.conf file but my institution does not support that.
I needed to make an p12 certificate - I did that and it works alright (I can open it with openssl).
I was supplied with .ovpn file (linux is not 'officially' supported) which I converted to openvpn.conf. Here are its contents
client
dev tun
proto tcp
persist-key
persist-tun
nobind
;remote-cert-tls server
cipher AES-256-CBC
tls-cipher TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-AES-256-GCM-SHA384
auth SHA512
# this needs to stay uncommented because it causes errors
#keysize 256
tls-version-min 1.2
verb 7
auth-nocache
# Adres serwera VPN
remote vpn.p.lodz.pl 1194
######################################
# PCKS file here #
pkcs12 /path/to/file.p12
######################################
ca /path/to/tuChain.pem
#
tls-auth /path/to/file.key 1
#
key-direction 1
when I do
# openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/openvpn.conf
the terminal gets flooded with messages and my IP changes.
I have added the file to KDE Plasma's interface and it also works fine.
However, for some reason starting it with rc-service does not work:
# rc-service openvpn start
[sudo] password for egycobra:
openvpn | * Caching service dependencies ... [ ok ]
openvpn | * Starting openvpn ...
openvpn | * start-stop-daemon: failed to start `/usr/bin/openvpn'
openvpn | * Check your logs to see why startup faile [ !! ]
openvpn | * WARNING: openvpn has started, but is inactive
I have checked the /etc/init.d/openvpn file and it looks alright.
Where do I get the logs? What is causing this?
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