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Old 12-04-2014, 04:19 AM   #1
chefarov
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Debugging OpenVPN: Where are the configuration files?


I am having trouble connecting to vpv, although wireshark's dump seems ok to me, when I check for my IP it's not changed. I set up the connection through gnome shell settings, and I was searching for the configuration file produced for that connection, but I couldn't find it.

Does anyone know where can I find it?

Thanks,
Stelios


debian 3.16-2-amd64
OpenVPN 2.3.4
 
Old 12-04-2014, 05:34 AM   #2
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It is in /etc/openvpn for both server and client.
The best debugging output is usually in /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog
If you have a firewall somewhere in between it is usually the culprit for most problems.

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Old 12-04-2014, 08:31 AM   #3
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Hi jlinkenls,

Thanks for the reply.
My /etc/openvpn directory contains only:
update-resolv-conf
script
 
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It should contain at least client.conf and the easy-rsa directory with the keys. On the client side. Now I don't recall whether I created them myself or if they were created during installation. In any case, on the openvpn website there is an excellent howto on how to create the config file and the key.

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