On Sun, Mar 08, 2015 at 09:38:30PM -0400, Simon Deziel wrote: > Package: openvpn > Version: 2.3.4-5 > > Hi Alberto, > > May I ask you to consider including the attached patch that add support > to call pre/post start/stop scripts as root before the OpenVPN daemon is > invoked for a given VPN configuration. > > I believe this new feature can be useful for many scenarios like: > > * dynamically create any missing user/group (or chroot) (pre-start) > * test connectivity to an IP behind the remote VPN endpoint (start) > * add/remove iptables rules (all) > * add/remove routes (all) > * etc
Hi Simon, I'm sorry, but I'd rather not add more functionality to the init.d script since they will only be available in systems running SysV inits, and is quite a big init script already. I'll leave the bug open, so those interested can use your patch. Thanks, Alberto -- Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta | Formación, consultoría y soporte técnico mailto/sip: a...@inittab.org | en GNU/Linux y software libre Encrypted mail preferred | http://inittab.com Key fingerprint = 5347 CBD8 3E30 A9EB 4D7D 4BF2 009B 3375 6B9A AA55 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
