running centos 5.8 server openvpn-2.1.4-1.el5 newly installed I can't get openvpn to autostart at bootup. If I log in as root and do [i]/etc/init.d/openvpn start[/i] in the console the program starts fine. I did [b]chkconfig openvpn on[/b] and during the reboot of centos 5 I can see [b]starting openvpn ... OK[/b] but when I log in to the server and do [b]service openvpn status[/b] it says [b]openvpn: service not started[/b]. So then I switched the chkconfig off and put this line [i]/etc/init.d/openvpn start[/i] into [b]/etc/rc.d/rc.local[/b] and again during the reboot the scroll shows [b]starting openvpn ... OK[/b] but again when I log in to the server the service shows [b]openvpn: service not started.[/b] any advice welcome.

damn, I feel such a twit. I had server.conf in the wrong location. It should be at [b]/etc/openvpn/server.conf[/b] oh well, maybe this post will help someone else in future...

openvpn will not autostart at bootup

tony

running centos 5.8 server
openvpn-2.1.4-1.el5 newly installed

I can't get openvpn to autostart at bootup. If I log in as root and do /etc/init.d/openvpn start in the console the program starts fine. I did chkconfig openvpn on and during the reboot of centos 5 I can see starting openvpn ... OK but when I log in to the server and do service openvpn status it says openvpn: service not started.
So then I switched the chkconfig off and put this line /etc/init.d/openvpn start into /etc/rc.d/rc.local and again during the reboot the scroll shows starting openvpn ... OK but again when I log in to the server the service shows openvpn: service not started.
any advice welcome.

tony

damn, I feel such a twit.
I had server.conf in the wrong location. It should be at /etc/openvpn/server.conf
oh well, maybe this post will help someone else in future...