Vars.bat Help

[kalinichenko]

First of all im a noob.I've been following the Howto guide;got to the vars.bat part and i keep getting this error

C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\easy-rsa>vars

C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\easy-rsa>clean-all
The system cannot find the file specified.
1 file(s) copied.
1 file(s) copied.

C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\easy-rsa>build-ca
error on line 120 of openssl.cnf
3796:error:0E065068:configuration file routines:STR_COPY:variable has no value:.
\crypto\conf\conf_def.c:629:line 120

I was wondering if anyone could help me on what i should type into the vars.bat.A screenshot would be very helpful.thanks


*sorry for my english*

[maikcat]

hi there,


what windows version + openvpn version are you using?

you can always edit vars.bat and see what is trying to do...

Michael.

[kalinichenko]

Hey maikcat

Im on Windows 7(32bit) and im using openvpn-2.1.4.
heres whats inside the vars.bat i edited.

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set KEY_COUNTRY=GH
set KEY_PROVINCE=NA
set KEY_CITY=Accra
set KEY_ORG=NA
set KEY_EMAIL=deuploader@gmail.com

[maikcat]

sorry wrong file...

>:\Program Files\OpenVPN\easy-rsa>clean-all
>The system cannot find the file specified.

something inside clean-all fails...

Michael.

[janjust]

the following vars need to be set in vars.bat :

• KEY_DIR
  KEY_SIZE
  KEY_COUNTRY
  KEY_PROVINCE
  KEY_CITY
  KEY_ORG
  KEY_EMAIL
  KEY_OU
  KEY_CN
  KEY_NAME
  PKCS11_MODULE_PATH
  PKCS11_PIN

some of them are set by the scripts, but it won't hurt to set all of these in vars.bat either; this is DOS, so use

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set KEY_NAME=""

Using "set KEY_NAME=" has the effect of UNsetting the variable.

[kalinichenko]

I've reinstall the OpenVpn software and for some reason i didn't get the error again,managed to provide Country name,state etc.What should i input at challenge pasword?

[janjust]

the challenge password is optional and in 99% of the cases you won't need one - just hit enter.

[kalinichenko]

Finished with Generating Diffie Hellman parameters without any errors or such,should i move on to Creating configuration files for server and clients?

[maikcat]

if build-ca and build-key-server reported no error

go ahead and create configs and client keys.

Michael

[kalinichenko]

Heres a screenshot of the keys

[maikcat]

all seems ok...

move on

Michael.

[kalinichenko]

ummm im stuck,what should i type next?Got confused

[maikcat]

you must create openvpn server configuration file....

for more info please read howto docs from openvpn.net site (documentation)

Michael.


ps: first think what exactly you want to do (client to lan , lan-to-lan , bridging..)