Hi,

Did you specify a "tmp-dir" option on your configuration file?
By default it should use /tmp, /etc shouldn't be used for tmp...

Regards,

Alberto


On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 11:35:03AM +0100, Adrian wrote:
> Package: openvpn
> Version: 2.3.4-4
> Severity: minor
> 
> I have discovered by chance today that I get this message in the openvpn log
> and it won't start:
> 
> "Options error: Temporary directory (--tmp-dir) fails with 
> '/etc/openvpn//tmp':
> No such file or directory"
> 
> The workaround to fix this is as easy as: mkdir /etc/openvpn/tmp
> 
> But, if it is needed, why it is not created automatically in the upgrade?
> 
> 
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: jessie/sid
>   APT prefers testing
>   APT policy: (500, 'testing')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=es_ES.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_ES.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> 
> Versions of packages openvpn depends on:
> ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.53
> ii  init-system-helpers    1.21
> ii  initscripts            2.88dsf-58
> ii  iproute2               3.16.0-2
> ii  libc6                  2.19-13
> ii  liblzo2-2              2.08-1
> ii  libpam0g               1.1.8-3.1
> ii  libpkcs11-helper1      1.11-2
> ii  libssl1.0.0            1.0.1j-1
> 
> Versions of packages openvpn recommends:
> ii  easy-rsa  2.2.2-1
> 
> Versions of packages openvpn suggests:
> ii  openssl     1.0.1j-1
> pn  resolvconf  <none>
> 
> -- debconf information:
>   openvpn/create_tun: false

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