Re: OpenVPN GUI

[Mathias Sundman <mathias@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, Dominik Friberg :: friibii wrote:

> hi mathias
>
> i took a look at your gui for openvpn, and am still hopefull that it can
> help me, but i don't find the way.
>
> I want to start a connection, and then, automaticly execute another
> program (windows net) for linking a samba-directory to a windows-path.
> Is there a possibilty to do that? ( i tried with a cmd shell but after
> executing the gui he stops and i'me not the windows crack..

This is exactly what I tried to accomplish about a week ago when I posted 
to the openvpn-users list with the following topic:

Subject: execute script to map drives after connecting

I tried to execute a script from --route-up to do this, but failed. My 
conclusion was that it can't be done from route-up, as OpenVPN is not 
passing any packets while waiting for the route-up script to finish.

James, can you confirm that this is the case?

I think it should be solved by introducing an other "run-script" option in 
OpenVPN that is executed about the same time as the "Initialization 
Sequence Completed", and as a diffrent process/thread. (search the archive 
about the above thread for more info.). (Or perhaps the --route-up option 
can be modified to work this way, but that might have other consequences 
on the current usage of that option.)

James, do you agree with this, or do you think it should be handled 
outside of OpenVPN?

I could add it to the GUI, but I think it's a useful feature even for 
Non-GUI users, as well as non-windows users.


I've got a hunch that this is the same problem that Raymond has reported 
in the "Client Post-Processing" thread, if he is trying to update a DNS 
server on the remote end of the VPN from the --route-up option.

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