Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 15:02:13 -0700 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OpenVPN Setup Message-ID: <B00CE6DE-5D7E-49C3-86FA-20D4D66B7B0E@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <947562.11016.qm@web36501.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <4DC97839.6010108@mage.hu> <BANLkTi=1GiVgq4Uzd=yuAXpym59gPAzmyg@mail.gmail.com> <4DC982B2.6090303@mage.hu> <BANLkTik8Lu35DpHaGFiaVbB4tFgVe-uYAw@mail.gmail.com> <4DC98B05.7080503@mage.hu> <20110510221009.49a1c6ea@ukr.net> <180587.39161.qm@web36506.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <D78D1894-7B30-4C55-A6A1-91C725C5DB88@mac.com> <947562.11016.qm@web36501.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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On May 10, 2011, at 2:50 PM, Bill Tillman wrote: >> OpenVPN's site provides fine documentation: >>=20 >> http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation.html >> = http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/miscellaneous/78-st= atic-key-mini-howto.html [ ... ] > I'm working through the docs you referenced in the HOWTO and it says: > Next, initialize the PKI. On Linux/BSD/Unix: >=20 > . ./vars > ./clean-all > ./build-ca If you're trying to setup a CA for PKI, then you're not following the = static key document: "Static Key Mini-HOWTO Introduction Static key configurations offer the simplest setup, and are ideal for = point-to-point VPNs or proof-of-concept testing. Static Key advantages =95 Simple Setup =95 No X509 PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) to maintain" > the vars file is not executable and from what I see in the Makefile = they want to chmod it to 644....I tried /bin/sh ./vars and it seemed to = work but then when I run ./clean-all which is executable I get > Please source the vars script first (i.e. ". ./vars") Yes. The directions assume you are running /bin/sh (or = Bourne-compatible shells bash, ksh, zsh, etc). Do that, and ". ./vars" will work. Running "/bin/sh ./vars" also works, = but is useless because it changes the variables in a subshell which = exits once it finishes processing the ./vars file. > Make sure you have edited it to reflect your configuration. > I'm stumped as this appears to be something Linux will handle but not = FreeBSD....any suggestions? Yes, follow the directions. OpenVPN works fine on FreeBSD. Regards, --=20 -Chuck
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