[SOLVED] openvpn starts but not running

tripialos · 01-17-2014, 03:07 AM

Greetings

I am quite stuck here...

i installed and configured openvpn on an Centos 5 machine.

When i start the vpn server i get no errors but when i check the status it states that it is not running.

Code:

root@server:/etc/openvpn$ service openvpn start
Starting openvpn:                                          [  OK  ]
root@server:/etc/openvpn$ service openvpn status
openvpn: service not started
root@server:/etc/openvpn$ tail /var/log/messages
Jan 17 10:33:23 mx1 kernel: tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6
Jan 17 10:33:23 mx1 kernel: tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com>
Jan 17 10:44:41 mx1 smbd[2964]: [2014/01/17 10:44:41, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_connect(69) 
Jan 17 10:44:41 mx1 smbd[2964]:   Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost:631 - Connection refused 
Jan 17 10:44:41 mx1 smbd[2964]: [2014/01/17 10:44:41, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_connect(69) 
Jan 17 10:44:41 mx1 smbd[2964]:   Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost:631 - Connection refused 
Jan 17 10:57:41 mx1 smbd[2964]: [2014/01/17 10:57:41, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_connect(69) 
Jan 17 10:57:41 mx1 smbd[2964]:   Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost:631 - Connection refused 
Jan 17 10:57:41 mx1 smbd[2964]: [2014/01/17 10:57:41, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_connect(69) 
Jan 17 10:57:41 mx1 smbd[2964]:   Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost:631 - Connection refused 
root@server:/etc/openvpn$ date
Fri Jan 17 11:02:45 EET 2014
root@server:/etc/openvpn$

Also no error log any where

Any ideas anyone?

Code:

root@server:~$ netstat -naup
Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address               Foreign Address             State       PID/Program name   
udp        0      0 172.16.253.109:137          0.0.0.0:*                               2678/nmbd           
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:137                 0.0.0.0:*                               2678/nmbd           
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:777                 0.0.0.0:*                               2297/rpc.statd      
udp        0      0 172.16.253.109:138          0.0.0.0:*                               2678/nmbd           
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:138                 0.0.0.0:*                               2678/nmbd           
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:780                 0.0.0.0:*                               2297/rpc.statd      
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:57521               0.0.0.0:*                               2730/avahi-daemon   
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:68                  0.0.0.0:*                               1904/dhclient       
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:5353                0.0.0.0:*                               2730/avahi-daemon   
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:111                 0.0.0.0:*                               2254/portmap        
udp        0      0 172.16.253.109:123          0.0.0.0:*                               2611/ntpd           
udp        0      0 x.x.x.x:123            0.0.0.0:*                               2611/ntpd           
udp        0      0 127.0.0.1:123               0.0.0.0:*                               2611/ntpd           
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:123                 0.0.0.0:*                               2611/ntpd           
udp        0      0 :::48992                    :::*                                    2730/avahi-daemon   
udp        0      0 :::5353                     :::*                                    2730/avahi-daemon   
udp        0      0 fe80:::b04d:123               :::*                                    2611/ntpd           
udp        0      0 fe80::e:63bf:123             :::*                                    2611/ntpd           
udp        0      0 ::1:123                     :::*                                    2611/ntpd           
udp        0      0 :::123                      :::*                                    2611/ntpd

tripialos · 01-17-2014, 03:18 AM

I found what was causing the problem but i noticed this weird thing.

When i started the server using the service command i got no errors.

But when i started the server with the below command:

#openvpn /etc/openvpn/server.cfg

then i got an error regarding a syntax on my config file.

Why when i started the openvpn server from "service" command i didnt receive any error?

tripialos · 01-17-2014, 03:40 AM

Found out that the server was not starting using the "service" command because my server config file had the ".cfg" extensions instead of ".conf"

When i renamed the server.cfg file to "Server.conf" i was able to start the server using the "service" command.

that was something i didnt know....