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I'm running OpenVPN Access Server using the official AMI for AWS Ec2 (ami-fd67a590)

I recently upgraded from 2.1.1 to 2.1.12 using the in-place upgrade instructions.

When I follow the directions to backup the config files per the official documentation, I'm getting "Permission Denied".

Specifically, after I navigate to the correct directory I use this command:
and get the following result:
When I attempt to sudo, I get the same results.

What am I doing wrong? Is there a different command to be able backup these configuration files for this AMI?

Obviously a snapshot is the best "insurance policy", but I'd like to have confidence in upgrading our OpenVPN Server moving forward. If anyone has a good set of directions on how to setup these back-ups as a scheduled job, that would be awesome.

Thanks!

Tessando

Hello Tessando,

The instructions were tested to work just fine. You must be root to use those commands. You say you tested with sudo. I suggest you do sudo su to gain root privileges, and then test again. If you still get problems even when you are in the identity of root, then that's a problem on your system, something to do with file permissions, not with the Access Server programs or the commands from the documentation website; those have been tested and are known to work 100%.

Thank you, Novaflash. When I changed the command to "sudo su" I was indeed able to backup those config files.

Thank you for your suggestion. This resolved my problem.

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