OpenVPN Setup on Linux help?

[majidemo]

Hey, can any one help me setup a openvpn on my host?

I have tried following a few guides, but I get alot of errors.
If someone is willing to do it for me, please give me a pm. Thanks.

about the errors,

www:~# iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 10.3.0.0/24 -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.32-4-pve/modules.dep: No such file or directory
iptables v1.3.6: can't initialize iptables table `nat': Table does not exist (do you need to insmod?)
Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.

why is that?

[Mimiko]

Oh, sorry to say, your Debian installation is corrupted. First try check HDD and file system, then get updated. Try update iptables, which will show you what modules are wrong.

[majidemo]

Thanks, could you tell me how to update my Debian installation?
I'm not really a sysad or anything.

THe info I can givem
uname -a: Linux www 2.6.32-4-pve #1 SMP Mon May 9 12:59:57 CEST 2011 x86_64

[Mimiko]

I will not help you with correcting Debian problems - I more know about Windows. But on quick search (that you also could have done) shows using "aptitude" - a textual GUI from Debian wich will update what you want.

[majidemo]

Yes I have searched, I was just trying to get a few points from your view
Thanks...

I know what apt get does... :3

[Bebop]

Some good info here about removing a kernel.

Just be prepared to lose all your data in case it goes south.

You also want to get a replacement kernel.

First do this:

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nano /etc/apt/sources.list

See if you have Lenny, Squeeze, or Wheezy.

I suggest, change it to Wheezy, then:

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apt-get dist-upgrade

^...to get the latest distro installed and hopefully a complete Kernel.

As I said above, do be prepared for system failure, just in case something goes wrong. never seen it go badly myself, but its a standard warning anyways.

I had this problem you got before. So long ago now, not sure if I fixed it, or changed my server provider (it might be a virtualization problem, openVZ etc).
Try the Wheezy / dist-upgrade suggestion regardless.