Re: Re: At my wit's end with openvpn
Also add
pull
to the end of the config file.
On 25 June 2013 16:09, Joel Wirāmu Pauling <joel@aenertia.net> wrote:
> Goes to syslog by default i.e /var/log/syslog IIRC.
>
> Your name resolution issue is seperate, and probably due to needing
> different name servers. Ensure you have a tun/tap device and IP etc
> from your vpn provider with ;
>
> $ip addr
>
> and
>
> $ip route show
>
> and pinging the (hopefully new) default gateway.
>
> Find out from your provider what dns servers you can use. Or at a
> pinch at opendns or googles global ones (8.8.8.8) into
> /etc/resolv.conf
>
>
>
> On 25 June 2013 13:37, Aubrey Raech <aubreyraech@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Put those settings into a file in /etc/openvpn/<nameofservice>.conf
>>>
>>> Put your key, crt and ca into that same directory.
>>>
>>> run :
>>>
>>> $/etc/init.d/openvpn restart
>>>
>>> ta da!
>>>
>>> Done.
>>>
>>> This will automatically start on boot unless you change your startup scripts.
>>
>> I did this, and I lose the ability to connect. Domains no longer
>> resolve, which I found out from ping.
>>
>> I put the user/pass in a text file in the same directory and pointed
>> my .conf to that, which I know is less than ideal but it's the option
>> I'm stuck with for now. Where are the logs for openvpn, I can't seem
>> to find them?
>>
>> --
>> Aubrey
>>
>> "There are two types of people in the world: those who
>> can extrapolate from incomplete data."
>>
>>
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