[Bug 908824] Re: Unable to connect to VPN as a non-admin user
Brandon, you could probably workaround that limitation in 2 different ways. First would be to install the "network-manager-openvpn" package if not already done and use it to import and connect to your VPN. Second would be to make sure the VPN is marked for autostart in /etc/default/openvpn. Marking as Invalid as OpenVPN requires privileges when it starts (to create a network device, assign an IP to it and add routes). The network-manager-openvpn package is a good way to connect to your VPN with a regular user. ** Changed in: openvpn (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openvpn in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908824 Title: Unable to connect to VPN as a non-admin user To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openvpn/+bug/908824/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
[Bug 908824] Re: Unable to connect to VPN as a non-admin user
I already have a tun device. When I connect to the OpenVPN server I can see it receives an I.P. tun0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 inet addr:*.94.*.52 P-t-P:*.94.*.52 Mask:255.255.255.128 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:70 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:139 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:39496 (39.4 KB) TX bytes:22557 (22.5 KB) If I try to load a site like ipchicken as soon as I get the connected message it will load but within seconds if I even try to ping google it will just hang there and do nothing. If I try to go to any website firefox will just sit "loading" the page. I know this is not a problem within my network because if I use openVPN within a XP virtual machine on my desktop (Same computer) It works just fine within the vm for as long as the vm is on. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openvpn in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908824 Title: Unable to connect to VPN as a non-admin user To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openvpn/+bug/908824/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
[Bug 908824] Re: Unable to connect to VPN as a non-admin user
@Brandon, thanks for filing the bug report. To better understand the issue you are seeing could you please confirm you have enabled VPN for VPS by following docs such as: http://wiki.vpslink.com/TUN/TAP_device_with_OpenVPN_or_Hamachi Also page 69 on http://download.openvz.org/doc/OpenVZ-Users-Guide.pdf may be helpful. Additional VPN information specific to Ubuntu can be found at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenVPN If these links don't help can you detail how you set up your VPN environment and how your config file (vpn.ovpn) looks. -Thanks. ** Changed in: openvpn (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openvpn in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908824 Title: Unable to connect to VPN as a non-admin user To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openvpn/+bug/908824/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
[Bug 908824] Re: Unable to connect to VPN as a non-admin user
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openvpn in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908824 Title: Unable to connect to VPN as a non-admin user To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openvpn/+bug/908824/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
