Package: openvpn Version: 1.99+2.rc6-1 Severity: wishlist
I have openvpn running very well over wifi between a laptop (802.11b pcmcia card) and the site server. However, the init order (S16openvpn, S20pcmcia) means that on the laptop openvpn is started before there is any actual net connectivity. For some reason the MTA then spends ~30 seconds starting up, lengthening boot-up time considerably (perhaps because it's fooled int thinking there is a connection ??). For the laptop, I find a better setup is NOT starting openvpn in init (changed S16 links to K84) and doing /etc/init.d/openvpn start/stop in ifup/ifdown Interestingly there seem to scripts there already (if-up.d/openvpn, if-down.d/openvpn) which ALMOST do this job, but the start/stop is guarded by a test for $IF_OPENVPN being set. I've put some logging in and this never seems to be set, so I just commented out the test to get the behaviour I want (I should probably test for $IFACE = eth1 though). Anyway, it would be nice if the dpkg configure script had an option to set things up nicer for systems with more transient connections. [If I'm doing everthing wrong and all I actually need is a simple openvpn option, or to fix something else on the system sorry!] -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-1-686-smp Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages openvpn depends on: ii debconf 1.4.30.11 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii liblzo1 1.08-1.2 A real-time data compression libra ii libssl0.9.7 0.9.7e-2 SSL shared libraries -- debconf information: openvpn/change_init: true * openvpn/create_tun: true * openvpn/stop2upgrade: false openvpn/default_port: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
