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jacobtribe
- OpenVpn Newbie
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by jacobtribe » Fri Sep 02, 2016 10:07 pm
Hi, please can someone help me before I have a mental breakown. When i edit the file nano /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/Default.txt i keep getting the message /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/Default.txt: Permission denied. In the file i'm entering
client
dev tun
proto udp
remote 192.168.x.xx 1194
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
mute-replay-warnings
ns-cert-type server
key-direction 1
cipher AES-128-CBC
comp-lzo
verb 1
mute 20
the x is my pi's ip address im just not putting it on here. can someone see anything that would cause those errors. Thank You

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TinCanTech
- OpenVPN Protagonist
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by TinCanTech » Sat Sep 03, 2016 12:05 am
jacobtribe wrote: i edit the file nano /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/Default.txt <..> In the file i'm entering
client
Don't do that !
Edit your config file:
jacobtribe wrote:i keep getting the message /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/Default.txt: Permission denied
You must be root ..
You should read this:
HOWTO: For OpenVPN Community Edition