OpenVPN service stopped after I changed route psuh

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glorsh66
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OpenVPN service stopped after I changed route psuh

Post by glorsh66 » Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:32 pm

After I changed server.conf on the openvpn server
I added
push route 10.8.1.0 255.255.255.0

and restarted OpenVPN service
one of my clients didn't automatically reconect.


I connected through a reserve connection and saw following errors,

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июл 07 23:02:19 serveraddr ovpn-servermy[1442]: SENT CONTROL [server]: 'PUSH_REQUEST' (status=1)
июл 07 23:02:19 serveraddr ovpn-servermy[1442]: PUSH: Received control message: 'PUSH_REPLY,route 10.8.1.0 255.255.255.0,route-gateway 10.8.0.1,topology subnet,ping 10,ping-restart 120,ifconfig 10.8.0.10 255.255.255.0'
июл 07 23:02:19 serveraddr ovpn-servermy[1442]: OPTIONS IMPORT: timers and/or timeouts modified
июл 07 23:02:19 serveraddr ovpn-servermy[1442]: OPTIONS IMPORT: --ifconfig/up options modified
июл 07 23:02:19 serveraddr ovpn-servermy[1442]: OPTIONS IMPORT: route options modified
июл 07 23:02:19 serveraddr ovpn-servermy[1442]: OPTIONS IMPORT: route-related options modified
июл 07 23:02:19 serveraddr ovpn-servermy[1442]: Preserving previous TUN/TAP instance: tun0
июл 07 23:02:19 serveraddr ovpn-servermy[1442]: NOTE: Pulled options changed on restart, will need to close and reopen TUN/TAP device.
июл 07 23:02:19 serveraddr ovpn-servermy[1442]: Closing TUN/TAP interface
июл 07 23:02:19 serveraddr ovpn-servermy[1442]: /sbin/ip addr del dev tun0 10.8.0.10/24
июл 07 23:02:19 serveraddr ovpn-servermy[1442]: Linux ip addr del failed: external program exited with error status: 2
июл 07 23:02:19 serveraddr ovpn-servermy[1442]: /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf tun0 1500 1570 10.8.0.10 255.255.255.0 init
июл 07 23:02:20 serveraddr ovpn-servermy[1442]: ROUTE_GATEWAY 192.168.0.8/255.255.255.0 IFACE=br0 HWADDR=08:60:6e:83:2a:76
июл 07 23:02:21 serveraddr systemd[1]: openvpn@servermy.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
июл 07 23:02:21 serveraddr systemd[1]: openvpn@servermy.service: Unit entered failed state.
июл 07 23:02:21 serveraddr systemd[1]: openvpn@servermy.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
июл 07 23:12:43 serveraddr systemd[1]: Stopped OpenVPN connection to servermy.
июл 07 23:12:47 serveraddr systemd[1]: Starting OpenVPN connection to servermy...
июл 07 23:12:47 serveraddr ovpn-servermy[30888]: NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts
it only started to work after I manually restarted openvpn service on the client.
Oddly enough another client worked just fine.


What can be wrong with my settings? Why haven't this client reconnected automatically?

glorsh66
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Re: OpenVPN service stopped after I changed route psuh

Post by glorsh66 » Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:35 pm

Is it because of

user nobody
group nogroup

or because of

persist-key
persist-tun

TinCanTech
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Re: OpenVPN service stopped after I changed route psuh

Post by TinCanTech » Thu Jul 07, 2022 9:12 pm

glorsh66 wrote:
Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:35 pm
Is it because of

user nobody
group nogroup
Yes.

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