openvpn problem

[RabbieBurns]

have set up openvpn many times and never had an issue, but on this latest install, I keep getting connection refused on port 1194, even locally.

 

The conf is fine, and openvpn starts no problem, no error messages or anything anywhere.

 

Have I forgotton something stupid?

[kesomir]

firewall (iptables) on the box?

[RabbieBurns]

Its installed but I dont use it. Every other service works fine. Im wondering if its worth re-emerging openvpn. Will all my keys still work if i re-install?

[kmount]

Before re-emerging it, check iptables -L and see if you can telnet to the port locally.

[RabbieBurns]

oasis ~ # iptables -L 
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination         
ACCEPT     all  --  anywhere             anywhere            

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination         
ACCEPT     all  --  anywhere             anywhere            

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination

 

cant telnet locally and nmap doesnt list it as open

[kesomir]

are you sure it's running?

 

ps aux | grep openvpn

 

and nothing strange in the logfiles?

 

- I don't do gentoo, but purge and reinstall if all else fails? - I don't know how long an install takes - if you're using binaries or building.

[RabbieBurns]

Interesting...

 

oasis ~ # /etc/init.d/openvpn start
* WARNING:  openvpn has already been started.
oasis ~ # rc-status
Runlevel: default
dhcpd                   stopped  
local                   started  
mysql                   started  
net.eth0                started  
netmount                started  
ntpd                    started  
openvpn                 started  
proftpd                 started  
samba                   started  
sshd                    started  
syslog-ng               started  
vixie-cron              started  
webmin                  started  
xinetd                  started  
oasis ~ # ps x | grep openvpn
16037 pts/0    S+     0:00 grep --colour=auto openvpn
oasis ~ # 

[kmount]

I wonder if its randomly listening on a different made up interface...

 

Check the conf?

[ahuxham]

I wonder if its randomly listening on a different made up interface...

 

Check the conf?

 

Doesn't explain why its not showing from the ps aux | grep openvpn, when it say's its infact running.

[RabbieBurns]

ok, I unmerged and built from source

 

oasis ~ # ps aux | grep openvpn
nobody    4897  0.0  0.1  24932  1032 ?        Ss   00:23   0:00 /usr/sbin/openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/openvpn.conf --writepid /var/run/openvpn.pid --daemon --cd /etc/openvpn

 

But still same problem