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    • gregeehG
      gregeeh
      last edited by

      Hi all,

      pfSense Version 2.4.3 with OpenVPN Client setup to the VPN Provider.

      I'm getting the following warning message in the OpenVPN logs every hour:

      Jun 17 06:39:53 	openvpn 	5178 	WARNING: 'keydir' is present in remote config but missing in local config, remote='keydir 0' 
      

      I have searched the web and not been able to find a solution on how I can remove it. Even the man pages don't have a lot of information on keydir.

      Any help appreciated.

      TIA

      Greg

      PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
      CPU N3150, 2 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 2 Realtek Gb Ethernet ports.
      UniFi AC-Lite access point

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        bcruze
        last edited by

        i have this message as well.

        although my pfsense box works reliably 100% of the time. i am curious what this comes from

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        • PippinP
          Pippin
          last edited by

          'keydir' in the log refers to the directive --key-direction of the tls-auth key. The server has key-direction 0 and the client(s) key-direction 1

          Did you get a tls-auth key from the provider or not?
          If so set key-direction 1.
          If NCP is used you can probably ignore the warning, don't know, no full
          log provided...

          I gloomily came to the ironic conclusion that if you take a highly intelligent person and give them the best possible, elite education, then you will most likely wind up with an academic who is completely impervious to reality.
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            bcruze
            last edited by bcruze

            i've been trying to post my verb 3 logs but it keeps getting tagged as spam0_1538310511942_New Text Document (2).txt

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              bcruze
              last edited by

              i removed key-direction 1 from my config and its gone.

              i guess the provider does not support this functionality

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