OpenVPN is a free and open source software application that implements virtual private network (VPN)
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/etc/init.d/openvpn not starting automatically but can be started manually
This is about init.d or Upstart init or something else, maybe, I think. But only OpenVPN is affected so far, after upgrading from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to Ubuntu 12.10 on my VPS.
The problem is: OpenVPN ...
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DNS servers not correctly set in VPN
I have to use an OpenVPN network to work from home, and I occasionally have problems getting DNS to resolve. The problem comes and goes, and I can't reproduce it reliably.
I took the OpenVPN config ...
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OpenVPN not listening on port
I just set up an OpenVPN server on a VPS but sadly I can't connect to it.
When I made a portscan I found that my custom 11940 port where openvpn should listen is closed. The default 1194 port is also ...
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Save openVPN password using network manager
I'm using network manager on Ubuntu 12.04, with Mate as a desktop.
The network manager is used to connect to the openVPN server.
Each time I click to connect to the openVPN server, I'm required to ...
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Connects to Openvpn on Ubuntu server 12.04 But cannot browse internet?
I'm trying to connect to ubuntu server 12.04 running openvpn from my ubuntu desktop running ubuntu 12.04.. openvpn client connects. But i cannot browse any ineternet. I can ping and ssh to my server ...
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2 OpenVPN Connections with NetworkManger
How can activate 2 OpenVPN-Connections at once ?
Is one connection active the other one is disabled in the menu of the network-manager.
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Can I use the Openvpn Access Server WEB GUI on Ubuntu 12.04?
Is the openvpn web-gui working on ubuntu 12.04?
See access-server: download openvpn for Ubuntu on openvpn.net.
On the link above i only see support for ubuntu 10 and below.
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OpenVPN fails with invalid secrets
I followed these set of instructions:
https://www.ipredator.se/guide/openvpn/ubuntu/gnome
But unfortunately, when I connect it fails saying that invalid secrets are the cause. I'm quite sure that my ...
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Setting up bridge to tun0 (OpenVPN)
I have two networks, with one machine that is supposed to act as bridge between them. The bridge host is a Ubuntu 12.04 (64bit) connecting via OpenVPN to a remote network. The local network is ...
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OpenVPN and Login Authentication for OS X
I am gathering that this sounds insane and impossible to do, but I thought I'd ask anyways.
I'd like to setup roaming profiles for my self and a couple of other users, but we don't have the resources ...
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OpenVPN connect but nothing else
I have installed a VPN server on my Synology DS413+. I can connect but can't ping or do anything else. I think it has to do with the route but I don't know how to change it.
Here is my output of ...
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Can I set up an OpenVPN server in 12.04 w/o OpenVPN Access Server?
Dear AskUbuntu Community Members,
I've got a Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 at my house, not doing much but hosting about three or four printers for my home network. It's a relatively powerful machine, using ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 and openVPN - how to connect automatically?
a noob question about openVPN.
My laptop runs Ubuntu 12.04 and I connect to a variety of Wifi access points as I move around.
I've setup an account with AirVPN and created two openVPN connections ...
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2 VPN connections on the same time(PPTP, OpenVPN)
How can I establish 2 VPN connections on the same time. One is PPTP(to ISP) and the other is OpenVPN (Anonymiser). PPTP is configured through network manager, but when I launch OpenVPN through ...
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OpenVPN Connection problems - Can I configure it to reconnect?
I have OpenVPN setup using network-manager-open-vpn-gnome, its been working for years, however the server end is experiencing internet connection issues at the moment and drops out quite regularly.
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How to setup a specific application to use OpenVPN
How can I setup OpenVPN so that only Transmission ( Torrentclient ) uses OpenVPN, and any other traffic (browser etc) doesn't.
I Use Ubuntu 13.04 x64.
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VPN keeps Dying/Restarting on 12.04
Hi I am running Ubuntu 12.04. I recently got into VPNs for anonymous downloading; however, no matter what VPN location I choose (my provider allows me several), it eventually dies. This happeneds ...
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Open VPN is not working with me
i followed the instructions here and when i type the config command i get this output and then it freezes more than one hour please anyone can help ?
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OpenVPN fails to connect
I have posted a previous question about getting OpenVPN connected as a client (OpenVPN fails from Network Manager, seems to connect from terminal, but no traffic to or from target network) but no ...
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Lost ability to connect to PPTP server after installing openvpn gone client
I have a Tomoato router which is running a PPTP server. I was able to connect via my ubuntu machine and my phone.
I bought a VPN service which used Openvpn (private Internet access) and followed ...
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Problem with ifconfig during connecting to openvpn server
I wrote this openvpn config file to connect somewhere:
remote 127.0.0.1 1900
proto tcp
http-proxy test.ovadd.com 7080
auth-user-pass
ca VPNMakers.ca.pem
cert VPNMakers.cer.pem
key VPNMakers.key.pem
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Unable to uninstall OpenVPN 2.3.1
I've uninstalled Openvpn but it is still there When I type for example OpenVpn -- version it shows me:
OpenVPN 2.3.1 i686-pc-linux-gnu
[SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [EPOLL] [eurephia] [MH] [IPv6] built on ...
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Hotspot shield like proxy for Ubuntu
Youtube is blocked in my country and to open it I use hotspot shield on Windows. I have recently however ported to Ubuntu for almost everything, but still need to switch to windows when I have to open ...
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Android proxoid with openvpn?
I'll preface this by apologizing that I really have no idea how proxies work. But would like to learn!
I followed this guide to use an android phone as a proxy server, using proxoid:
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Make sure torrents only transfer over openVPN with iptables or ufw
My set up:
Headless Ubuntu server 12.04 in a virtualbox, deluge and openVPN. The problem is that if the VPN goes down deluge will continue over my normal connection, this should not be possible.
I ...
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Vpn server connections
So I'm trying to setup my ubuntu 12.1 as a vpn file sharing server. I'm going to be using the openvpn to allow connections to the server. But I also want to connect to an openvpn server that's offsite ...
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Tun/tap installation
i have got a virtual private server with Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS (GNU/Linux 2.6.32-5-openvz-amd64 x86_64).
I want to install openvpn but this requires a working tun device.
i get the following error:
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Networkmanager OpenVPN problem
I'm trying to set up an OpenVPN connection and I've imported the correct .opvn file and provided the username and password. I don't have a CA certificate so I left this field with the default option . ...
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OpenVPN client-connect timing
Situation:
I have an Ubuntu 10.10 machine with OpenVPN configured as a server with one tap interface.
I have multiple Ubuntu 10.10 machines with OpenVPN configured as a client. All the clients use ...
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size another key openvpn become 0 or broken after build new key. why?
I've successfully build a new key openvpn for my new computer but when I seen key list of openvpn size another key openvpn become 0 and when I try use the key which size 0 can not working.
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Using OpenVPN to access MySQL
I have a server setup with Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS and I use Windows 7 on a desktop and ODBC Connector 5.1 within the same network to access a MySQL database for a CAD program. I also have a Windows 7 ...
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Open VPN will not connect
I have created an OPenVPN connection to GigaNews' VyperVPN but it will not connect. I followed all of their procedures found here: http://www.giganews.com/support/vyprvpn/linux/pptp.html
In my ...
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OpenVPN fails from Network Manager, seems to connect from terminal, but no traffic to or from target network
I'm new to Ubuntu (as in, last week!) and really liking the system, but am having a real problem getting the OpenVPN connection to work.
My system:
DELL XPS L702X, 8Gb RAM, tested with both WiFi ...
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OPENVPN client starts but ifconfig tun output reports device not found
I am new user of ubuntu and I am trying to experiment on VPN connections. I have ubuntu 10.04 on my machine.
I installed VMware Player and on top of that another ubuntu 10.04. So, on the VMware Player ...
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OpenVPN fails to start due to options error
I have followed the guide here https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/openvpn.html but when i try to start OpenVPN i get following error:
ovpn-server[2455]: Options error: --server and ...
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Need to set up network bridge over SSH
I need to set up a network bridge for OpenVPN but I am connecting over ssh so I need to do this without losing web connectivity on the server. I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I know the basics but I am ...
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crt certificate not appearing in menu for selection
I'm trying to set up the VPN for my university on my laptop. I have downloaded to certificate file and put it in ~/misc/cacert.crt. When I try to set up the VPN, I click on the CA Certificate option ...
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Openvpn tunnel freezes when there is any traffic after upgrade to 12.10
This is beyond weird. One of my remote VPN clients decided today to upgrade his 11.10 laptop to 12.10. Everything was working prior to that.
Now, his OpenVPN client connects (as usual) and I can ...
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How can i create a openvpn tunel with just ipv6 address directly via GUI?
Good morning! I've been trying to create a tunel openvpn, it worked with ipv4 address, but i wanna know how can i create this connection with ipv6 address? Is it possible to do both, at the command ...
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Unable to access the openvpn keys folder as root
I'm trying to install OpenVPN for BolehVPN. As per the instructions, I tried to choose my user key and cert file. But when I'm pressing the browse option and navigate to the keys folder, it gave me ...
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How to execute multiple scripts when openvpn estalishs?
I am using ubuntu 12.04 to connect an openvpn server.
Two scripts update-resolv-conf and vpn-up.sh in /etc/openvpn should be executed then the connection established.
The commands following added to ...
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IP forwarding not working in Ubuntu 12.04 Server
I'm having trouble getting IP forwarding going in Ubuntu 12.04 server with UFW. I'm trying to get OpenVPN working. I have two interfaces, eth0 and tun0, and they can't ping each other.
I've made the ...
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How can I fork OpenVPN client?
I have my own OpenVPN server that works, however every time I run the client from the terminal I'm stuck with it open -- if I close it the connection will drop. I tried forking it with & however ...
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Azilink OpenVPN DNS config
I've installed Azilink on my phone and it uses a .ovpn file but I can't get it to work due to the OpenVPN and DNS configuration changes on Ubuntu...
i have a .ovpn file as follows:
dev tun
remote ...
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VPN to fritz!box 7270
I have been using for me and colleagues Fritz!VPN in windows for connecting to fritz!box 7270.
I have search during past period for possibilities of establishing VPN connection to the same router ...
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How to setup VPN in 12.04?
I want to know how to setup a VPN for 2-3 computers in two different networks.
I need to setup a VPN network for which one computer1 is in one state and the other computer2 in other state. Now ...
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How exactly the tun works, in Open VPN?
I'm now playing with Openvpn. I used to issue commands like :
sudo openvpn --proto tcp-server --port 80 --dev tun1 --secret ovpn.key --ifconfig 10.4.0.1 10.4.0.2 --daemon
(on server side)
And :
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Can't browse after connecting succesfully to openvpn via http proxy
I've been using Ubuntu Precise and managed to install openvpn in network manager. I tried to connect with my configuration and its connected. But when I try to browse via Chrome, it won't/doesn't ...
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Kiosk Ubuntu autologin and conect to MobileBroadband
I have a problem with ubuntu 12.04 I try the Kiosk mode.
So I want to turn on after start Xorg in xintrc mam-defined start Google Chrome and Opera in full screen.
In an earlier version of my work ...
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OpenVPN: strange authentication problems
hello fellow ubuntu geeks ;)
I've set up an ubuntu server 10.04 lts with openvpn up and running. on installation I created server certificate and key first, then I created two client certificates. ...
