Yes you are both quite right That was the problem Thanks for your help Warm regards Dylan
On Friday 13 Nov 2015 18:28:36 debbie...@gmail.com wrote: > perhaps you need --explicit-exit-notify for UDP vpn > to inform the server of the client disconnect. > UDP is connectionless protocol. > I point out - you have not provided > OpenVPN configs or logs. > > Regards > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dylan Humphreys" <dylan.humphr...@comodo.com> > To: <openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 5:32 PM > Subject: [Openvpn-users] client-connect script only runs once > > > Hi All. > > Im wanting to use the client-connect script to some wizardry with an > > iptables > > firewall. To start with however, I thought Id start simple: > > > > Debian Wheezy, openvpn 2.3.2 > > I have this in my openvpn.conf: > > > > script-security 3 system > > client-connect /etc/openvpn/scripts/clientconnect.sh > > > > In an attempt to check that the script is actually run, clientconnect.sh > > consists of this: > > > > #!/bin/bash > > echo "testing">>/etc/openvpn/scripts/test > > exit 0 > > > > Simple enough. > > > > If I run the script from the command line, as expected "testing" is > > appended > > to the file every time, and 0 returned. > > > > When I connect from my client, then I get a "testing" in > > /etc/openvpn/scripts/test. Great! > > > > But when I disconnect, and connect again, I dont get another "testing" > > > > So, to check its *actually* being run i changed the exit value to 1 > > > > sure enough, *every* attempt to connect from the client then failed > > because > > the script returns a non 0 value. > > > > Why does it look like the script isnt being run? > > > > BTW, if I restart the openvpn service on the server then I get "testing" > > once > > more, but again, nothing is written on subsequent connections. > > > > Thanks in advance! > > Dylan > > > > > > Skype: dylancomodo > > Office Tel Europe: +44 (0) 161 8747070 > > Fax Europe: +44 (0) 161 8771767 > > > > > > Registered Office: > > 3rd Floor, 26 Office Village, Exchange Quay, > > Trafford Road, Salford, Manchester M53EQ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---- _______________________________________________ > > Openvpn-users mailing list > > Openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users -- Dylan Humphreys Senior Systems Administrator - Infrastructure Support Group Comodo CA Ltd Registered in England No 04058690 Skype: dylancomodo Office Tel Europe: +44 (0) 161 8747070 Fax Europe: +44 (0) 161 8771767 Registered Office: 3rd Floor, 26 Office Village, Exchange Quay, Trafford Road, Salford, Manchester M53EQ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Openvpn-users mailing list Openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users
