See trac #93 and the discussion starting with <555bf270.3090...@nikhef.nl> on the openvpn-devel mailing list.
Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <g...@greenie.muc.de> --- doc/openvpn.8 | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/openvpn.8 b/doc/openvpn.8 index b9eee0d..ef87bb7 100644 --- a/doc/openvpn.8 +++ b/doc/openvpn.8 @@ -1817,6 +1817,12 @@ has been specified, the up script will be called with .I restart as the last parameter. +NOTE: on restart, OpenVPN will not pass the full set of environment +variables to the script. Namely, everything related to routing and +gateways will not be passed, as nothing needs to be done anyway - all +the routing setup is already in place. Additionally, the up\-restart +script will run with the downgraded UID/GID settings (if configured). + The following standalone example shows how the .B \-\-up script can be called in both an initialization and restart context. -- 2.0.5
