Ubuntu: Autoconnect OpenVPN client (GUI) THEN afterwards run a script (as root)

riahc3 · 03-04-2013, 02:04 AM

Hello

I have the OpenVPN client installed with the GUI thats next to the clock where you right click on the network connections, it appears, and you connect to the VPN. Now, I want that after I click on it to make a connection, and the connection is successful, to run a script Ive made as root (so it doesnt ask me for my password and it is automatic). How can I configure this?

Thank you

riahc3 · 03-05-2013, 01:54 AM

Someone has had to do this one time at least...

ncalsmitty1369 · 03-05-2013, 03:11 AM

I don't use the gui manager for openvpn, but in /etc/openvpn there should be a conf file that you can add a up/down script option to:

script-security 2
up "path to your script"
down "path to your script"

If the openvpn process switches from root to normal user then you will need to use the following:

plugin /usr/lib/openvpn/openvpn-down-root.so "path to script"

Maybe this will help you.

riahc3 · 03-05-2013, 03:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ncalsmitty1369

I don't use the gui manager for openvpn, but in /etc/openvpn there should be a conf file that you can add a up/down script option to:

script-security 2
up "path to your script"
down "path to your script"

If the openvpn process switches from root to normal user then you will need to use the following:

plugin /usr/lib/openvpn/openvpn-down-root.so "path to script"

Maybe this will help you.

In /etc/openvpn I have:

update-resolv-conf
up.sh
up.sh~

In the "up.sh" it seems back in the day I tried it by putting (this is a example script and not by any means what I do in the real script):

#!/bin/sh
echo hi

But I am sure it does not work

riahc3 · 03-05-2013, 03:39 AM

The script I run MUST be executed as root so I dont know if that openvpn-down-root.so would work....

riahc3 · 03-05-2013, 05:11 AM

Found this:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...ger_dispatcher

Do I just throw the script inside the folder?

riahc3 · 03-05-2013, 05:25 AM

Ok Im getting somewhere....

When I throw a script inside there Im running something like this:

#!/bin/sh
interface=$1 status=$2
case $status in
up)
echo hi
;;
down)

;;
esac

Before that case, Im going to do a "if" that searches for the name of my vpn which I would get using

nmcli con status

Lets say my vpn is called "helloworld"

How would I do a (pseudocode):

If in nmcli con status I find the text "helloworld" do
actions
end if

In a shell script?

riahc3 · 03-06-2013, 02:13 AM

Again, I find it hard to believe that noone has even thought of trying something like this...

riahc3 · 03-11-2013, 03:34 AM

Trying but its not working.......

My eth2 goes up automatically. Thats pretty obvious. I have to click on the network icon then click on my VPN so it can connect. Afterwards, I run a script.

I want to automate all of this bascially in case power goes out.