could not load plugin

serikxx

Hi. openvpn throws the following error:

openvpn --plugin m /etc/openvpn/openvpn-auth-ldap.so
Sat Apr 23 07:21:58 2022 PLUGIN_INIT: could not load plugin shared object m: /usr/lib64/openvpn/plugins/m: cannot open s
hared object file: No such file or directory: No such file or directory (errno=2)
Sat Apr 23 07:21:58 2022 Exiting due to fatal error

systemctl status openvpn@server -l

PLUGIN_INIT: could not load plugin shared object /usr/lib64/
openvpn/plugin/lib/openvpn-auth-ldap.so: /lib64/libgnustep-base.so.1.24: file too short: No such file or directory (errn
o=2)

although these files are there and I have a second openvpn server configured in exactly the same way, everything is the same. On one everything works fine, on the other for some reason such an error

ll /lib64/libgnustep-base.so.1.24
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root /lib64/libgnustep-base.so.1.24 -> libgnustep-base.so.1.24.9

ll /usr/lib64/openvpn/plugin/lib/openvpn-auth-ldap.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  /usr/lib64/openvpn/plugin/lib/openvpn-auth-ldap.so

TinCanTech

serikxx wrote openvpn --plugin m /etc/openvpn/openvpn-auth-ldap.so

Seems to be an m which you don't need.

serikxx

TinCanTech wrote
serikxx wrote openvpn --plugin m /etc/openvpn/openvpn-auth-ldap.so
Seems to be an m which you don't need.

accidentally put m. but that's not the point. same error comes out

openvpn --plugin /etc/openvpn/openvpn-auth-ldap.so                                            
Sat Apr 23 22:54:56 2022 PLUGIN_INIT: could not load plugin shared object /etc/openvpn/openvpn-auth-ldap.so: /lib64/libg
nustep-base.so.1.24: file too short: No such file or directory (errno=2)
Sat Apr 23 22:54:56 2022 Exiting due to fatal error

TinCanTech

serikxx wrote I have a second openvpn server configured in exactly the same way, everything is the same. On one everything works fine, on the other for some reason such an error

This means that one server is configured correctly, while the other is not.

serikxx wrote PLUGIN_INIT: could not load plugin shared object /etc/openvpn/openvpn-auth-ldap.so: /lib64/libgnustep-base.so.1.24: file too short: No such file or directory (errno=2)

The error message is quite cryptic: Is the file too short or is the file not present ?

serikxx

TinCanTech wrote
serikxx wrote I have a second openvpn server configured in exactly the same way, everything is the same. On one everything works fine, on the other for some reason such an error
This means that one server is configured correctly, while the other is not.

serikxx wrote PLUGIN_INIT: could not load plugin shared object /etc/openvpn/openvpn-auth-ldap.so: /lib64/libgnustep-base.so.1.24: file too short: No such file or directory (errno=2)
The error message is quite cryptic: Is the file too short or is the file not present ?

the file exists. At the top, I showed that the file is there. but why this error is not clear :?: :oops: