[SOLVED] Always so difficult… Trying to get Android smartphone to work

[Mr. Jingles]

Ok, when I install the OpenVPN client on Windows, I get a new/other/strange error:

Options error: You must define TUN/TAP device (–dev)

However, the server is setup as tun and the config file contains tun too (screenshot).

[NOYB]

Here are my Windows and Android OpenVPN profiles.  There are only two lines different between them.

dev tun
resolv-retry infinite

Windows OpenVPN Profile (certs snipped out)

dev tun
persist-tun
persist-key
cipher AES-256-CBC
auth SHA512
tls-client
client
resolv-retry infinite
remote my.domain.com 1194 udp
lport 0
verify-x509-name "OpenVPN Server Certificate" name
auth-user-pass
ns-cert-type server
comp-lzo adaptive

 <ca>-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
-----END CERTIFICATE-----</ca> 
 <cert>-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
-----END CERTIFICATE-----</cert> 
 <key>-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
-----END PRIVATE KEY-----</key> 
 <tls-auth>#
# 2048 bit OpenVPN static key
#
-----BEGIN OpenVPN Static key V1-----
-----END OpenVPN Static key V1-----</tls-auth> 
 key-direction 1

Android OpenVPN Profile (certs snipped out)

persist-tun
persist-key
cipher AES-256-CBC
auth SHA512
tls-client
client
remote my.domain.com 1194 udp
lport 0
verify-x509-name "OpenVPN Server Certificate" name
auth-user-pass
ns-cert-type server
comp-lzo adaptive

 <ca>-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
-----END CERTIFICATE-----</ca> 
 <cert>-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
-----END CERTIFICATE-----</cert> 
 <key>-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
-----END PRIVATE KEY-----</key> 
 <tls-auth>#
# 2048 bit OpenVPN static key
#
-----BEGIN OpenVPN Static key V1-----
-----END OpenVPN Static key V1-----</tls-auth> 
 key-direction 1

[NOYB]

Be sure the profile being used on the Android has LF line termination only.  Not CRLF.

[Mr. Jingles]

@NOYB:

Be sure the profile being used on the Android has LF line termination only.  Not CRLF.

Thank you for both replies, NOYB ;D

I'll compare your configs with mine.

What do you mean with the above quoted? I only export the *.ovpn in pfSense export utility, and then try to import it in Android. Do I need to change something somewhere?

[NOYB]

If you export and use directly that should be fine.  It should have only the LF line endings.  If you edit it, especially in Windows, it could be saved with CRLF line endings.

[Mr. Jingles]

@Mr.:

Nobody can help me?

This is my opvn profile. different compared to NOYB are (although I don't know why?):

auth SHA1
auth-user-pass
ns-cert-type server

persist-tun
persist-key
cipher AES-256-CBC
auth SHA1
tls-client
client
remote domain.dynu.net 44000 udp
lport 0
verify-x509-name "smartphone-server" name
remote-cert-tls server
comp-lzo adaptive

 <ca>-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
-----END CERTIFICATE-----</ca> 
 <cert>-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
-----END CERTIFICATE-----</cert> 
 <key>-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
-----END PRIVATE KEY-----</key> 
 <tls-auth>#
# 2048 bit OpenVPN static key
#
-----BEGIN OpenVPN Static key V1-----
-----END OpenVPN Static key V1-----</tls-auth> 
key-direction 1

But when I adapt NOYB's differential settings the problem remains the same.

[Mr. Jingles]

Solved.

Don't email the *.opvn profile to your Android device, neither from Windows nor Debian: the Android email client corrupts the *.ovpn…

[NOYB]

Here.  Let me fix that for you.

@Mr.:

Don't email the *.opvn profile to your Android device, neither from Windows nor Debian: the Android email client corrupts the *.ovpn…

Don't email security certificates.  Especially private keys.  Period!!!

[Mr. Jingles]

@NOYB:

Here.  Let me fix that for you.

@Mr.:

Don't email the *.opvn profile to your Android device, neither from Windows nor Debian: the Android email client corrupts the *.ovpn…

Period!!!

Here, let me fix that for you: Period

Comma.

UNLESS it is on your own LAN and you are both the only sender and receiver.

[NOYB]

@Mr.:

@NOYB:

Here.  Let me fix that for you.

@Mr.:

Don't email the *.opvn profile to your Android device, neither from Windows nor Debian: the Android email client corrupts the *.ovpn…

Period!!!

Here, let me fix that for you: Period

Comma.

UNLESS it is on your own LAN and you are both the only sender and receiver.

Nope.  Not even then.

[Gertjan]

@Mr.:

…..
UNLESS it is on your own LAN and you are both the only sender and receiver.

With or without the mail server on the other side of the planet ?  ;)

[Mr. Jingles]

@Gertjan:

@Mr.:

…..
UNLESS it is on your own LAN and you are both the only sender and receiver.

With or without the mail server on the other side of the planet ?  ;)