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openvpn package

openvpn init.d script writepid in wrong location

Bug #1023325 reported by Leif on 2012-07-11

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	openvpn (Ubuntu)	Expired	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

The openvpn init.d script has --writepid at the wrong location. The current location ends up giving the openvpn connection a common /var/run/openvpn.pid instead of /var/run/openvpn.connectionname.pid

--writepid must be after --config

Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04
Package: openvpn

Please see attached /etc/init.d/openvpn where --writepid has been moved.

Also please see the attached diff.

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Leif (leifcr) wrote on 2012-07-11:

Diff between original and fixed openvpn init.d script Edit (316 bytes, text/x-diff)

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Leif (leifcr) wrote on 2012-07-11:

/etc/init.d/openvpn fixed version Edit (9.8 KiB, text/plain)

Fixed version of /etc/init.d/openvpn

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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote on 2012-07-11:

The attachment "Diff between original and fixed openvpn init.d script" of this bug report has been identified as being a patch. The ubuntu-reviewers team has been subscribed to the bug report so that they can review the patch. In the event that this is in fact not a patch you can resolve this situation by removing the tag 'patch' from the bug report and editing the attachment so that it is not flagged as a patch. Additionally, if you are member of the ubuntu-reviewers team please also unsubscribe the team from this bug report.

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James Page (james-page) wrote on 2012-07-13:

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug in Ubuntu.

I'm using exactly the same version of openvpn found in precise on quantal and I don't see this issue; the pid is created with the VPN connection name correctly.

Which version of openvpn are you using? Note that running the following command:

sudo apport-bug 1023325

will automatically append the requested information to this bug report.

Marking 'Incomplete' pending your response - please set back to new when you have provided the requested information.

Changed in openvpn (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-11-04:

[Expired for openvpn (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in openvpn (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Expired

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Leif (leifcr) wrote on 2012-11-09:

Using Version: 2.2.1-8ubuntu1

Sorry I didn't answer before, but I didn't see the response.

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Leif (leifcr) wrote on 2012-11-09:

I tried again using command line, and by providing --writepid before --config, openvpn won't start properly. By having it after --config it works as expected.