Re: [Openvpn-users] openvpn client on freebsd

ok i am able to access my server now, but openvpn doesn't seem to work. i have added some lines to rc.conf to start it, and i have created a /usr/local/etc/openvpn directory and indicated its existence in rc.conf.

i have generated my client.conf file, and i'm using the same crt files i use on my windows clients. i have generated the other key/crt files for this computer using pkitool on the server. so i think my stuff in /usr/local/etc/openvpn is ok. and i also have a startup file in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/openvpn.sh

so i think it should start up, but nothing happens. i tail /var/log/messags but there is no info. ifconfig doesn't show any tun device either (like it does on the linux server).

i am using tun device, which i think is already in my stock freebsd kernel.

i think it must be something small i'm missing. what do i need to provide you guys to figure out what's wrong?

just to be clear, i am only trying to use this machine as a client.

thanks for your help,
harry

$On 9/11/07, Harry Doyle <harry@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

thanks everybody. i will set this up tomorrow and let you know how it goes. i can't ssh to the machine from home, which is why i'm using openvpn. i've been using it for about a year now to give clients ms exchange access and i have to say openvpn is solid as a rock! using it for remote access to clients behind a firewall is really really convenient.
cheers,
harry

On 9/10/07, Marco Fretz < marco@xxxxxxx> wrote:
if u have installed ports-tree u should install from ports. its better
then compile the source manually under bsd... but check the version... i
think u should use openvpn 2.0

greets

Harry Doyle schrieb:
> that's ok, i just want to use it so i can connect to my openvpn server
> and then access ssh over it, which is blocked over its routable ip. i
> did not know the install was same for client and server. all my
> existing clients are on windows. ok to install from ports on this?
> thanks,
> harry
>
>
> On 9/10/07, *Marco Fretz* < mailinglist@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:mailinglist@xxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     hello
>
>     install is always the same, for server and client...  client config is
>     almost the same on every OS.
>     read this howto carefully and u can easily setup a secure openvpn
>     server
>     with tls,client and server cert...
>
>     http://openvpn.net/howto.html
>
>     one thing i know from openbsd (probable on freebsd, too) is that
>     it has
>     no support for TAP tunnels in generic kernel. but if u dont need
>     broadcasts odr multicast u should not use tap, i think.
>
>
>
>     greets
>     marco
>
>     Harry Doyle schrieb:
>     > Hi everybody,
>     > I have a FreeBSD box i would like to hook up to a linux based
>     openvpn
>     > server. How do i setup an openvpn client on FreeBSD? Everything i've
>     > seen so far on unix was for running servers. Is there a howto on
>     this?
>     > Thanks,
>     > Harry
>     >
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