No extra config files. Problem consistent on many systems (>10). Version is
openvpn.x86_64.2.2.2-1.el5.rf
I don't seem to be hearing from any developers. What is the best way to
reach them?
Thanks,
Steve
From: Jon Spriggs <j...@sprig.gs>
Date: Wednesday, 8 May, 2013 5:22 AM
To: Steve Pallen <smpalle...@yahoo.com>
Cc: Eric Crist <ecr...@secure-computing.net>,
"openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net" <openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Openvpn-users] Openvpn grabs ports on service restart
> This smells a bit off if I'm completely honest.
>
> I'd do some things like;
>
> 1) Check you've not got any dot-files in that configuration directory
> (something like /etc/openvpn/.conf) and if you have move them out
> 2) Confirm the md5 sum of the binary against the binary on a "known-good"
> system
> 3) Using something like curl or wget, what sort of headers do you get from :80
> and :443, particularly around what it is presenting itself as (does it show
> apache, or something else?)
> 4) Remove and re-install the OpenVPN binary, and see whether the same
> behaviour is presented
>
> It feels like either there's a config file it's picking up that it shouldn't
> be (which is either port-sharing or seizing the port without identifying that
> it's down on startup), or that there's something unauthorized going on in the
> binary. Everything, from what I've seen here, looks OK on the surface, but as
> I said, I'm not involved in the project, so this isn't canonical information
> from the source.
>
> --
> Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs
>
>
>
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