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    sunch1ld
    last edited by Feb 26, 2013, 1:11 PM

    Hi I am using pfsense 2.0.3-PRERELEASE. When I open the page Status > Services, the ovpn client status is down, but the open vpn client is up. How can I solve this problem?

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      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
      last edited by Feb 26, 2013, 4:01 PM

      What exactly does the OpenVPN status screen show? (Screenshot is best)
      Does it show down on both sides of the connection? Or just one?

      Is it SSL/TLS with a /30 tunnel network, SSL/TLS with a larger tunnel network, Shared key, etc?

      Need a lot more info to go on.

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        sunch1ld
        last edited by Feb 26, 2013, 6:14 PM Feb 26, 2013, 6:12 PM

        Hi Thanks for your reply

        Yes is SSL/TLS client.

        I show you parameters and status using the attached images.

        open_vpn.png
        open_vpn.png_thumb
        status_services.png
        status_services.png_thumb
        status_vpn.png
        status_vpn.png_thumb
        vpn2.png
        vpn2.png_thumb
        vpn3.png_thumb
        vpn3.png

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          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
          last edited by Feb 26, 2013, 6:40 PM

          That indicates that the process isn't running, and can't be reached through the management daemon (which typically also means the process is not running)

          Given that I really doubt it's actually working.

          I have a 2.0.3 VM here and the status shows fine for shared key and SSL/TLS clients for me.

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            sunch1ld
            last edited by Feb 26, 2013, 8:50 PM

            For me the process is running, but the status is wrong because I connect to that machine through the vpn address. That place has little bandwith.

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              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
              last edited by Feb 26, 2013, 8:52 PM

              check this:

              ps uxawww | grep openvpn

              ls -l /var/run/openvpn*

              ls -l /var/etc/openvpn*

              If it can't contact the management daemon, it's not running properly or as expected. It works fine with a stock config, so it's also possible that one of your advanced option entries is causing the status to fail.

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                sunch1ld
                last edited by Feb 26, 2013, 9:23 PM

                I have execute these commands:

                1. ps uxawww | grep openvpn

                root  19730  0.0  1.5  5116  3740  ??  RNs  Sat12PM  0:46.99 /usr/local/sbin/openvpn –config /var/etc/openvpn/client1.conf
                root  55892  0.0  0.5  3524  1200  0  R+  10:26PM  0:00.01 grep openvpn

                1. ls -l /var/run/openvpn*
                  -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  6 Feb 23 12:12 /var/run/openvpn_client1.pid

                2. ls -l /var/etc/openvpn*
                  /var/etc/openvpn:
                  total 10
                  -rw-------  1 root  wheel  662 Feb 23 12:12 client1.ca
                  -rw-------  1 root  wheel  672 Feb 23 12:12 client1.cert
                  -rw-------  1 root  wheel  643 Feb 23 12:12 client1.conf
                  -rw-------  1 root  wheel  898 Feb 23 12:12 client1.key
                  srwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel    0 Feb 23 12:12 client1.sock
                  -rw-------  1 root  wheel  618 Feb 23 12:12 client1.tls-auth

                /var/etc/openvpn-csc:
                total 0

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                  phil.davis
                  last edited by Feb 28, 2013, 5:43 AM

                  My example of this "feature" is at http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,59464.0.html
                  I have noticed it with both Peer-to-peer shared key and SSL/TLS links every now and then. I saw it just now and managed to gather some data.

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