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    • K
      karanik
      last edited by

      Hello,
      Is it  possible the pfSense OpenVPN server sent me email on every connection? Is pfSense able to send mail on every OpenVPN successful connection ?

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        There is not currently a hook for e-mail notification there. It could be added without too much effort, at least a manual hacky way. A proper setup with a GUI option and so on would be a bit more complex.

        Have a look at the OpenVPN auth script in /var/etc/

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          karanik
          last edited by

          Can i have example?

          [2.2.4-RELEASE][admin@pfsense]/root: ls /var/etc/
          apinger.conf                inetd.conf                  openvpn                     resolv.conf
          cert.pem                    l2tp-vpn                    openvpn-csc                 resolvconf.conf
          filterdns.conf              lighty-webConfigurator.conf radvd.conf                  squid.passwd
          hosts                       ntpd.conf                   relayd.conf                 syslog.conf
          
          
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          • jimpJ
            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
            last edited by

            I forgot things got shifted around, it's now at /etc/inc/openvpn.auth-user.php

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              s_moffasecurex.ch
              last edited by

              Hi,
              I don't know if you already find it, but it was my same request.
              To do that I just modify the connect and disconnect script on openvpn on pfsense 2.2.4

              /usr/local/sbin/openvpn.attributes.sh

              and add the line on connect and disconnect:

              /bin/echo "Connexion de ${common_name} date" | /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/bin/mail.php -s"Connexion de ${common_name} date"

              Best regards,

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                n3by
                last edited by

                Just to let you all know that if sending email fail ( because can't deliver email - mail server offline… ) the vpn connection will fail ( after established ) and clients will not be able to connect ever... I had to debug this problem today...

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                  karanik
                  last edited by

                  @s_moffa@securex.ch:

                  Hi,
                  I don't know if you already find it, but it was my same request.
                  To do that I just modify the connect and disconnect script on openvpn on pfsense 2.2.4

                  /usr/local/sbin/openvpn.attributes.sh

                  and add the line on connect and disconnect:

                  /bin/echo "Connexion de ${common_name} date" | /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/bin/mail.php -s"Connexion de ${common_name} date"

                  Best regards,

                  Hello again.
                  Now my version is 2.4.2-RELEASE (amd64) FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE-p4
                  and my /usr/local/sbin/openvpn.attributes.sh has

                  
                  #!/bin/sh
                  #
                  # openvpn.attributes.sh
                  #
                  # part of pfSense (https://www.pfsense.org)
                  # Copyright (c) 2004-2016 Rubicon Communications, LLC (Netgate)
                  # All rights reserved.
                  #
                  # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
                  # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
                  # You may obtain a copy of the License at
                  #
                  # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
                  #
                  # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
                  # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
                  # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
                  # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
                  # limitations under the License.
                  
                  if [ "$script_type" = "client-connect" ]; then
                          if [ -f /tmp/$common_name ]; then
                                  /bin/cat /tmp/$common_name > $1
                                  /bin/rm /tmp/$common_name
                          fi
                  elif [ "$script_type" = "client-disconnect" ]; then
                          command="/sbin/pfctl -a 'openvpn/$common_name' -F rules"
                          eval $command
                          /sbin/pfctl -k $ifconfig_pool_remote_ip
                          /sbin/pfctl -K $ifconfig_pool_remote_ip
                  /usr/local/sbin/openvpn.attributes.sh
                  fi
                  
                  exit 0
                  
                  

                  how it should be done?

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