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      tienpro113396 @noplan
      last edited by

      @noplan It's great but I only need log
      I dont know how to make your script work. Can I change the client-connect/disconnect sh file without any problem?
      Sorry I'm newbie here
      Thanks

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        Gertjan @tienpro113396
        last edited by

        @tienpro113396 said in OpenVPN no authenticated log generated:

        Can I change the client-connect/disconnect sh file without any problem?

        Well, you decided to edit pfSense core files without thinking that that wouldn't be a problem.
        So, yes, or no ... dono, . no problem.

        The files client-connect/disconnect sh mentioned in the other thread are mailing out but they could even make you a coffee, or log to some file, you decide. It's a shell script - only your brains are the the limiting factor here.

        Looking at what you did to your "/usr/local/sbin/openvpn.attributes.sh", I guess you will manage.
        And without changes core files ;)

        No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
        Edit : and where are the logs ??

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          tienpro113396 @Gertjan
          last edited by tienpro113396

          @Gertjan Yes with that script I only get disconnected log. My log file have authenticated log by default without any echo command I added. So the question here is why they dont run the condition???

          if [ "$script_type" = "client-connect" ]; then
                  if [ -f /tmp/$common_name ]; then
                          /bin/cat /tmp/$common_name > $1
                          /bin/rm /tmp/$common_name
                  fi
          
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            biggsy @Gertjan
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            For what it's worth, here's what I did some time ago to get some more useful stuff out of openVPN syslogs. I have the Verbosity level set to "none" in the OpenVPN config.

            The openvpn.attributes.sh file will be overwritten by updates.

            #!/bin/sh
            #
            # openvpn.attributes.sh
            #
            # part of pfSense (https://www.pfsense.org)
            # Copyright (c) 2004-2016 Rubicon Communications, LLC (Netgate)
            # All rights reserved.
            #
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            #
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            # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
            # limitations under the License.
            
            if [ "$script_type" = "client-connect" ]; then
            	logger -t openvpn "User '${common_name}' at ${trusted_ip} connected on tunnel IP ${ifconfig_pool_remote_ip}."
            	if [ -f /tmp/$common_name ]; then
            		/bin/cat /tmp/$common_name > $1
            		/bin/rm /tmp/$common_name
            	fi
            elif [ "$script_type" = "client-disconnect" ]; then
            	logger -t openvpn "User '${common_name}' at ${trusted_ip} disconnected on tunnel IP ${ifconfig_pool_remote_ip}. Server sent ${bytes_sent} bytes, rcvd ${bytes_received} bytes"
            	command="/sbin/pfctl -a 'openvpn/$common_name' -F rules"
            	eval $command
            	/sbin/pfctl -k $ifconfig_pool_remote_ip
            	/sbin/pfctl -K $ifconfig_pool_remote_ip
            fi
            
            exit 0
            
            
            
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              tienpro113396 @biggsy
              last edited by

              @biggsy But I don't run any update and the openvpn.attributes.sh not changed! In case this file overwritten to default, it should have authenticate log, right?

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              • GertjanG
                Gertjan
                last edited by

                I don't know how this file is used, in what context, etc.

                @tienpro113396 said in OpenVPN no authenticated log generated:

                openvpn.attributes.sh

                No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                  biggsy @tienpro113396
                  last edited by biggsy

                  @tienpro113396
                  Sorry, I don't know why it would have stopped logging but I think using logger is possibly a better way to do this.

                  Forgot to mention that there are functions available to format the numbers but that wasn't so important to me.

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                    tienpro113396 @Gertjan
                    last edited by

                    @Gertjan Yes I need to logging users disconnect time, I do a research and know that I can edit that file to get the disconnected log in openvpn.log file. In 5 days I have both authenticated and disconnected log and boom only disconnected log appear there. No more authenticated log

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                    • GertjanG
                      Gertjan
                      last edited by Gertjan

                      Put on the second line in your script file openvpn.attributes.sh these commands :

                      /usr/bin/logger "test"
                      /usr/bin/logger $script_type

                      also, type

                      logger "test"
                      

                      at the command line (console or SSH access - no GUI) and have a look at the main System log ^^

                      b09ce301-b05d-448c-9a72-985983960b69-image.png

                      Now, test.
                      When this file gets used, it will log.

                      No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                      Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                        tienpro113396 @Gertjan
                        last edited by tienpro113396

                        @Gertjan great tips. And I dont have "test" on StatusSystem\Logs\OpenVPN :((
                        Change to that, right?

                        if [ "$script_type" = "client-connect" ]; then
                                if [ -f /tmp/$common_name ]; then
                                        /usr/bin/logger "test"
                                        /usr/bin/logger $script_type
                                        /bin/cat /tmp/$common_name > $1
                                        /bin/rm /tmp/$common_name
                                        /bin/echo "$(date +'%b %d %H:%M:%S') pfSense2 openvpn: user '${common_name}' authenticated" >> /var/log/openvpn.log
                                        /bin/echo "$(date +'%b %d %H:%M:%S') pfSense2 openvpn: user '${common_name}' authenticated" >> /home/tien.tran/testlog.log
                                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 $ifconfig_pool_remote_ip
                                /bin/echo "$(date +'%b %d %H:%M:%S') pfSense2 openvpn: user '${common_name}' disconnected" >> /var/log/openvpn.log
                        fi
                        
                        exit 0
                        
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                          biggsy @Gertjan
                          last edited by

                          There was also "explicit-exit-notify" and automatic timeouts.

                          You can see some discussion in Redmine: issue 9085

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                            Gertjan @tienpro113396
                            last edited by

                            @tienpro113396 said in OpenVPN no authenticated log generated:

                            And I dont have "test" on StatusSystem\Logs\OpenVPN :((

                            That's right.
                            the "logger" command will log in the System log (as said above).

                            No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                            Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                              biggsy
                              last edited by

                              ... and Redmine 9108

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                                Gertjan
                                last edited by

                                That redmine ticket was closed because .... the (your) issue isn't an issue ;)

                                No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                                Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                                  tienpro113396 @biggsy
                                  last edited by

                                  @biggsy I added "explicit-exit-notify 3" before and got some error so I delete it :v

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                                    tienpro113396 @Gertjan
                                    last edited by

                                    @Gertjan Thanks! I see that log.I will check more about that

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                                      biggsy @Gertjan
                                      last edited by

                                      @Gertjan

                                      True - but there was some discussion that others might find interesting or useful.

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                                      • noplanN
                                        noplan
                                        last edited by

                                        hey all

                                        does it really make sense to do scripting in core pfS files ?

                                        i dont think so.

                                        if you want to receive emails when vpn-clients log in or out
                                        use the method described in this post

                                        https://forum.netgate.com/topic/151351/email-notification-openvpn-client-connect-common-name/26

                                        as far as some others are concerned if you read the post from top to bottom
                                        you can use a nice working tool

                                        truely mentioned
                                        as @Gertjan mentioned you or someone can aff logger to the script to get more information into the log

                                        the main question still remains
                                        does it really make sense to do scripting in core pfS files ?

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                                          biggsy @noplan
                                          last edited by

                                          @noplan said:

                                          does it really make sense to do scripting in core pfS files ?

                                          No, it's not ideal to modify the core files. However, did you see the note in 9085 about conflicting scripts?

                                          Putting client-connect and client-disconnect entries in Custom options caused /usr/local/sbin/openvpn.attributes.sh to be overridden. (I wonder if users of the solution in the other topic are seeing that.)

                                          As openvpn.attributes.sh appears to be cleaning up pf table entries on client-disconnect, it didn't seem wise to override it. Adding the two logger lines to it seemed to be the safer, if not the cleanest, way.

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                                            noplan @Gertjan
                                            last edited by

                                            @Gertjan
                                            how can they (.sh scripts) can make me coffee .... /me pretty interested ;)
                                            but for real dyin from coffee overdose not the best way to leave this world ...

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