Package: openvpn Version: 2.3.4-5 Severity: important Dear Maintainer,
I'm trying to start openvpn on a new install (with known good config files) and the program is never started -- I'm not getting any log entries from Openvpn so I asume systemd is never starting it. My openvpn config-file is named "server.conf in /etc/openvpn. The following actions were executed in order: root@tux14:/etc/openvpn# systemctl start openvpn.service root@tux14:/etc/openvpn# ps auxwww | grep openvpn root 11768 0.0 0.5 15156 2112 pts/0 S+ 18:04 0:00 grep openvpn root@tux14:/etc/openvpn# systemctl status openvpn.service ● openvpn.service - OpenVPN service Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/openvpn.service; enabled) Active: active (exited) since Sun 2015-07-19 18:04:43 CEST; 20s ago Process: 11765 ExecStart=/bin/true (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 11765 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) root@tux14:/etc/openvpn# systemctl stop openvpn.service root@tux14:/etc/openvpn# systemctl status openvpn.service ● openvpn.service - OpenVPN service Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/openvpn.service; enabled) Active: inactive (dead) since Sun 2015-07-19 18:05:12 CEST; 5s ago Process: 11765 ExecStart=/bin/true (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 11765 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) I'd expect that systemd starts openvpn or issues an error message. Looks like the service was never started, no logs from openvpn in syslog. The config-file is named "server.conf" in /etc/openvpn. Same when I start via /etc/init.d script: root@tux14:~# /etc/init.d/openvpn start [ ok ] Starting openvpn (via systemctl): openvpn.service. root@tux14:~# ps auxwww | grep openvpn root 11893 0.0 0.5 15156 2044 pts/1 S+ 18:18 0:00 grep openvpn root@tux14:~# systemctl status openvpn.service ● openvpn.service - OpenVPN service Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/openvpn.service; enabled) Active: active (exited) since Sun 2015-07-19 18:17:56 CEST; 1min 17s ago Process: 11873 ExecStart=/bin/true (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 11873 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) And the old method of starting a *specific* OpenVPN instance via the config-file name also doesn't work: root@tux14:~# /etc/init.d/openvpn start server [ ok ] Starting openvpn (via systemctl): openvpn.service. root@tux14:~# systemctl status openvpn.service ● openvpn.service - OpenVPN service Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/openvpn.service; enabled) Active: active (exited) since Sun 2015-07-19 18:17:56 CEST; 2min 18s ago Process: 11873 ExecStart=/bin/true (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 11873 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) root@tux14:~# ps auxwww | grep openvpn root 11924 0.0 0.5 15156 2048 pts/1 S+ 18:20 0:00 grep openvpn Finally: Skipping systemd and starting directly via the old method works fine: root@tux14:~# _SYSTEMCTL_SKIP_REDIRECT=1 /etc/init.d/openvpn start [ ok ] Starting virtual private network daemon: server. root@tux14:~# ps auxwww | grep openvpn nobody 11977 0.0 0.6 30660 2364 ? Ss 18:22 0:00 /usr/sbin/openvpn --writepid /run/openvpn/server.pid --daemon ovpn-server --cd /etc/openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/server.conf root 11996 0.0 0.5 15156 2164 pts/1 S+ 18:22 0:00 grep openvpn systemd still displays the old status: root@tux14:~# systemctl status openvpn.service ● openvpn.service - OpenVPN service Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/openvpn.service; enabled) Active: active (exited) since Sun 2015-07-19 18:17:56 CEST; 6min ago Process: 11873 ExecStart=/bin/true (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 11873 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) And systemd obviously doesn't know anything about openvpn: root@tux14:~# systemctl stop openvpn root@tux14:~# ps auxwww | grep openvpn nobody 11977 0.0 0.6 30660 2364 ? Ss 18:22 0:00 /usr/sbin/openvpn --writepid /run/openvpn/server.pid --daemon ovpn-server --cd /etc/openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/server.conf root 12002 0.0 0.5 15156 2144 pts/1 S+ 18:25 0:00 grep openvpn -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.1 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages openvpn depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.56 ii init-system-helpers 1.22 ii initscripts 2.88dsf-59 ii iproute2 3.16.0-2 ii libc6 2.19-18 ii liblzo2-2 2.08-1.2 ii libpam0g 1.1.8-3.1 ii libpkcs11-helper1 1.11-2 ii libssl1.0.0 1.0.1k-3+deb8u1 Versions of packages openvpn recommends: ii easy-rsa 2.2.2-1 Versions of packages openvpn suggests: ii openssl 1.0.1k-3+deb8u1 pn resolvconf <none> -- Configuration Files: /etc/default/openvpn changed: AUTOSTART="server" OPTARGS="" OMIT_SENDSIGS=0 -- debconf information: openvpn/create_tun: false -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
