I'm running ubuntu 8.04 and openVPN 2.1_rc7.

I'm stuck on running the vars script in the openVPN setup, http://openvpn.net/index.php/documen...howto.html#pki.

I've run the vars script a number of ways, but it never creates the keys directory.

I've tried,
sudo sh vars
sudo sh ./vars
source vars
source ./vars
sudo /bin/bash ./vars

It seems that the vars script attempts to export environment variables, but when I call env or sudo env I don't see them.

If I try to execute the next install script, sudo sh clean-all, it tells me "Please source the vars script first (i.e. "source ./vars")".

I know it's something simple, but I can't figure it out right now.

vars file should be executed as below
first a dot (.), then space, then ./vars. This will execute the vars file. You can copy/paste the above line on your server and hit enter.

Thanks, that works for when I run it with priveleged user.

The script has to be run as sudo because the environment variables need to be set for the root account.

The problem is you can't execute "sudo source vars", or "sudo . ./vars". How do I execute "source vars" as sudo, or root user?

I already tried "sudo /bin/bash ./vars".