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The full output of the error is:
$ ./openvpn sample-config-files/client.conf
Options error: Unrecognized option or missing parameter(s) in sample-config-files/client.conf:16: client (2.2.2)
Use --help for more information.
root@ip-10-176-147-76:[/etc/openvpn]

I've stripped out the comments, but line 16 is the client line below:


client
dev tun
proto udp
remote ec2-test.compute-1.amazonaws.com 1194
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
ca /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/2.0/keys/ca.crt
cert /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/2.0/keys/client1.crt
key /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/2.0/keys/client1.key
ns-cert-type server
comp-lzo
verb 3

To test I commented out the client line, then it will complain about the ca line, I comment that out and it complains aobut the cert line. Any thoughts? anyone?

hi there,

can you try running openvpn as root?

which distro are you using?

Michael.

Actually all set now, it turns out after much investigation that the problem was with the machine itself. It had gotten into a bad state with openssl causing all sorts of problems. Thanks for the help though.