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      Bredys
      last edited by

      @sullrich:

      From a shell issue a sockstat command to see what processes are listening on what ports.

      *root     check_relo 326   11 udp4   :1194                :

      so something is wrong with check reload status… when i kill this process everything works fine!

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        sullrich
        last edited by

        Eh, this doesn't make any sense.  check_reload_status doesn't even open a socket.

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          akula169
          last edited by

          @sullrich:

          From a shell issue a sockstat command to see what processes are listening on what ports.

          Yeah, I've got another whole mess attached apparently:

          # sockstat | grep 1194
root     sleep      3078  10 udp4   *:1194                *:*
root     sh         1463  10 udp4   *:1194                *:*
_dhcp    dhclient   1306  10 udp4   *:1194                *:*
root     dhclient   1259  10 udp4   *:1194                *:*
root     check_relo 659   10 udp4   *:1194                *:*
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            Bredys
            last edited by

            sockstat | grep 1194

            root    check_relo 405  11 udp4  *:1194                :

            i try this many times… but when i try change openvpn settings, check_reload_status block port 1194. When i kill it everything work fine and i can change openvpn settings without any problem until next restart...
            After restart, openvpn run ok until i try change some options...

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              dairaen
              last edited by

              cheers,

              verified this problem on all my embedded systems and 2 firewalls
              with strong i386 hardware.

              kind regards
              dairaen

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                sullrich
                last edited by

                Please upgrade to http://www.pfsense.com/~sullrich/1.0.1-SNAPSHOT-11-25-2006/ and see if the problem persists.

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                  dairaen
                  last edited by

                  cheers,

                  i am not at the office right now, so i can't test the
                  snapshot bevore next week; i will report if it fixes the bug.

                  kind regards
                  dairaen

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                    Bredys
                    last edited by

                    @sullrich:

                    Please upgrade to http://www.pfsense.com/~sullrich/1.0.1-SNAPSHOT-11-25-2006/ and see if the problem persists.

                    Sorry but no change for me :(

                    sockstat | grep 1194

                    root    check_relo 387  11 udp4  *:1194                :

                    Nov 28 14:14:45 openvpn[1558]: Exiting
                    Nov 28 14:14:45 openvpn[1558]: TCP/UDP: Socket bind failed on local address [undef]:1194: Address already in use
                    Nov 28 14:14:45 openvpn[1558]: Control Channel Authentication: using '/etc/tls_auth.key' as a OpenVPN static key file
                    Nov 28 14:14:45 openvpn[1558]: WARNING: file '/etc/tls_auth.key' is group or others accessible
                    Nov 28 14:14:45 openvpn[1558]: WARNING: file '/var/etc/openvpn_server0.key' is group or others accessible
                    Nov 28 14:14:45 openvpn[1558]: OpenVPN 2.0.6 i386-portbld-freebsd6.1 [SSL] [LZO] built on Apr 6 2006
                    Nov 28 14:14:44 openvpn[381]: SIGTERM[hard,] received, process exiting
                    Nov 28 14:14:41 openvpn[381]: /etc/rc.filter_configure tun0 1500 1542 192.168.50.1 192.168.50.2 init
                    Nov 28 14:14:41 openvpn[381]: event_wait : Interrupted system call (code=4)
                    ^^^^ After save openVPN config without any changes ^^^^

                    Nov 28 14:13:04 openvpn[381]: Need IPv6 code in mroute_extract_addr_from_packet
                    Nov 28 14:13:04 openvpn[381]: Initialization Sequence Completed
                    Nov 28 14:13:04 openvpn[381]: UDPv4 link remote: [undef]
                    Nov 28 14:13:04 openvpn[381]: UDPv4 link local (bound): [undef]:1194
                    Nov 28 14:13:01 openvpn[302]: /etc/rc.filter_configure tun0 1500 1542 192.168.50.1 192.168.50.2 init
                    Nov 28 14:13:01 openvpn[302]: /sbin/ifconfig tun0 192.168.50.1 192.168.50.2 mtu 1500 netmask 255.255.255.255 up
                    Nov 28 14:13:01 openvpn[302]: TUN/TAP device /dev/tun0 opened
                    Nov 28 14:13:01 openvpn[302]: gw 85.70.189.50
                    Nov 28 14:13:01 openvpn[302]: Control Channel Authentication: using '/etc/tls_auth.key' as a OpenVPN static key file
                    Nov 28 14:13:01 openvpn[302]: WARNING: file '/etc/tls_auth.key' is group or others accessible
                    Nov 28 14:13:01 openvpn[302]: WARNING: file '/var/etc/openvpn_server0.key' is group or others accessible
                    Nov 28 14:13:01 openvpn[302]: OpenVPN 2.0.6 i386-portbld-freebsd6.1 [SSL] [LZO] built on Apr 6 2006
                    ^^^^ Normal RESTART ^^^^

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                      sullrich
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                      At this point I am at a loss.  Will have to discuss it with the other devs.  We are all really confused on this one.

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                        tpepels
                        last edited by

                        Same problem on my box ???.

                        root    lighttpd  1785  10 tcp4  *:1194                :
                        root    check_relo 339  10 tcp4  *:1194                :

                        Hope you find the problem soon, good luck anyway!

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                          Bredys
                          last edited by

                          Still nothing new about this problem ? I try every snapshot but without any progress :(

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                            Selective
                            last edited by

                            The only thing you can do is to make your changes and save, click the disable box to disable tunnel and then restart pf, and when its up again, click box to enable tunnel again.

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                              trendchiller
                              last edited by

                              Same problem here and at a friends system and at work, too… even switching to another port did not work (only for one day - using 1195 now) and the system at work... still no changes  :'(

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                                thinair
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                                I have the same issue (and have had for a while now), the OpenVPN server tells me whatever port number I'm using is already in use.  I've tried with the latest snapshot (Jan 7/06), same issue.

                                Nelson Papel

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                                  sullrich
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                                  Known issue. It's covered in 3-4 other threads but there is no solution as of yet.

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                                    wdbacker
                                    last edited by

                                    I'm having the same problem with my server in UDP mode. TCP mode works perfectly for me. Looking at the listening server processes with "sockstat -l" reveals:

                                    _dhcp    dhclient  794  10 udp4  *:1194                :
                                    root    dhclient  697  10 udp4  *:1194                :

                                    Apparently, the dhclient process is listening on UDP port 1194 …  ???

                                    FYI, my box is connected at the WAN side through DHCP to my ISP. In the OpenVPN server, I enabled dynamic dns clients.

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                                      sullrich
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                                      There is some kind of bug where processes are inheriting other socket descriptors.

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                                        wdbacker
                                        last edited by

                                        Thanks for the information Scott!

                                        I did some more testing and I saw the same problem now with the OpenVPN server in TCP mode. Hence I think it doesn't matter if the connection is through TCP or UDP, the same problem shows up. Rebooting solves the problem. The problem also seems to happen at random.

                                        If there is anything I can do to help you finding the problem (socket descriptors being reused?), I'll be happy to do more testing!

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                                          wdbacker
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi Scott,

                                          I noticed your Check-In 16202 on the CVS trac and I modified my /etc/inc/filter.inc as shown. Now in my case, OpenVPN is again (re)starting normally without the socket descriptors being reused by other processes! It works in both TCP and UDP server mode now (I use TCP for roadwarriors and UDP for site to site).

                                          I will do some more extensive testing one of these days.

                                          Thanks for the nice solution! :)

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                                            sullrich
                                            last edited by

                                            Great!  Glad to hear that it has solved the issues.

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