Hello, i want to pipe the output of the management command "status 2" into a file when a device is disconnected i have [code] script-security 2 client-disconnect /etc/openvpn/scripts/disconnect.sh [/code] in the [b]disconnect.sh[/b] i have [code] #!/bin/bash result=$(( echo -n -e "status 2\n"; sleep 2; echo -n -e "quit\n" ) | telnet 172.16.0.1 2727) echo $result > /tmp/vpn-status [/code] if i start the script in the bash i get the Output in the file - if the script was called in the client-disconnect script. the file have the following code inside [code] Trying 172.16.0.1... Connected to 172.16.0.1. Escape character is '^]'. [/code] that's all - why ? Is this a bug ? I try with openVPN 2.2.1 (Debian Stable) and the openVPN 2.3.6

client-disconnect | telnet - status 2 - into an file

goofy79

Hello,

i want to pipe the output of the management command "status 2" into a file when a device is disconnected
i have

script-security 2
client-disconnect /etc/openvpn/scripts/disconnect.sh

in the disconnect.sh i have

#!/bin/bash

result=$(( echo -n -e "status 2\n"; sleep 2; echo -n -e "quit\n" ) | telnet 172.16.0.1 2727)
echo $result > /tmp/vpn-status

if i start the script in the bash i get the Output in the file - if the script was called in the client-disconnect script.
the file have the following code inside

Trying 172.16.0.1... Connected to 172.16.0.1. Escape character is '^]'.

that's all - why ? Is this a bug ?

I try with openVPN 2.2.1 (Debian Stable) and the openVPN 2.3.6

goofy79

Hello,

can somebody test this or reconstruct this too ?

goofy79

Please - can somebody try this ?
Is this a Bug or is there any workaround ?

Many Thanks