OpenVPN server guide missing package

[jelmer]

Binary package hint: ubuntu-docs

You need bridge-utils to run brctl; see up.sh and down.sh.

[Adam Sommer (asommer)]

Thanks jelmer for reporting this bug, and helping make Ubuntu better... apologies for taking so long to get back to you.

At the top of the section there is a sentence about setting up a bridge prior to following the instructions:

  This guide will assume that one VPN node, the server in this case, has a bridge interface configured. For more information on
  setting up a bridge see the section called “Bridging”.

Do you think the link to the Bridging section insufficient? I ask because I think it may be confusing to add the bridge-utils package to the install command. If a bridge interface is already configured, then the package will already be installed.

Thanks,
Adam

[jelmer (jelmerdehen)]

It has been some time ago but yeah, I had to go to Google and find it out so it might be good to add it.
It will tell you anyway if you got the package already so it won't hurt anyone I suppose.

[Connor Imes (ckimes)]

The Ubuntu Documentation team has moved the serverguide out of the ubuntu-docs source, it is now under the serverguide project. Moving this bug accordingly.

[Peter Matulis (petermatulis)]

The 10.04 version of the Server Guide will not be receiving any more corrections. Sorry.

The 12.04 and 14.04 versions look ok.