[SOLVED] nordvpnd service hangs activating

theiades · 2020-11-10 23:03:16

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causing

[theia@theiades ~]$ nordvpn status
Whoops! Cannot reach System Daemon.

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Last edited by theiades (2020-11-14 20:17:10)

theiades · 2020-11-14 18:58:12

I ran

journalctl -u nordvpnd.service

and I noticed its trying to execute nordvpnd on /usr/sbin, which does not exists. I don't have a /usr/sbin

here's the output

 
[root@theiades david]# journalctl -u nordvpnd.service
-- Logs begin at Sun 2020-11-08 18:30:41 CST, end at Sat 2020-11-14 13:48:38 CST. --
Nov 10 10:34:45 theiades systemd[1]: Started NordVPN Daemon.
Nov 10 10:34:45 theiades systemd[244337]: nordvpnd.service: Failed to execute command: No such file or directory
Nov 10 10:34:45 theiades systemd[244337]: nordvpnd.service: Failed at step EXEC spawning /usr/sbin/nordvpnd: No such file or directory
Nov 10 10:34:45 theiades systemd[1]: nordvpnd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=203/EXEC
Nov 10 10:34:45 theiades systemd[1]: nordvpnd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

nordvpnd does exists on /usr/bin though. Any hints on how should I proceed from here?

Last edited by theiades (2020-11-14 18:59:10)

GaKu999 · 2020-11-14 19:01:12

/usr/sbin is symlink to /usr/bin, are you sure /usr/sbin is not there?

Post output of:

pacman -Qkk filesystem

Last edited by GaKu999 (2020-11-14 19:02:25)

theiades · 2020-11-14 19:04:58

[david@theiades ~]$ pacman -Qkk filesystem
warning: filesystem: /etc/arch-release (Modification time mismatch)
warning: filesystem: /etc/arch-release (Size mismatch)
backup file: filesystem: /etc/fstab (Modification time mismatch)
backup file: filesystem: /etc/fstab (Size mismatch)
backup file: filesystem: /etc/group (Modification time mismatch)
backup file: filesystem: /etc/group (Size mismatch)
backup file: filesystem: /etc/gshadow (Modification time mismatch)
backup file: filesystem: /etc/gshadow (Size mismatch)
backup file: filesystem: /etc/hosts (Modification time mismatch)
backup file: filesystem: /etc/hosts (Size mismatch)
backup file: filesystem: /etc/passwd (Modification time mismatch)
backup file: filesystem: /etc/passwd (Size mismatch)
warning: filesystem: /etc/resolv.conf (File type mismatch)
backup file: filesystem: /etc/shadow (Modification time mismatch)
backup file: filesystem: /etc/shadow (Size mismatch)
backup file: filesystem: /etc/shells (Modification time mismatch)
backup file: filesystem: /etc/shells (Size mismatch)
warning: filesystem: /usr/sbin (No such file or directory)
filesystem: 118 total files, 3 altered files

GaKu999 · 2020-11-14 19:08:43

Post output of:

cat /etc/arch-release

ReInstall filesystem.

Any idea of why /usr/sbin got deleted?

graysky · 2020-11-14 19:09:59

As an aside, why not just export an openvpn config from them and use the official openvpn client?

theiades · 2020-11-14 19:12:28

[david@theiades ~]$ cat /etc/arch-release
Arch Linux release

GaKu999 wrote:

Any idea of why /usr/sbin got deleted?

No, I don't remember deleting it. I fresh installed arch a week ago.

GaKu999 · 2020-11-14 19:12:54

graysky wrote:

As an aside, why not just export an openvpn config from them and use the official openvpn client?

Wasn't wireshark a thing already.
Go with wireshark directly, I think I read somewhere that NordVPN was in the progress of implementing wireshark on their end.
(Unless there are reasons/trivia about why OpenVPN is preferred that I don't know due to my 0 usage of VPNs)

GaKu999 · 2020-11-14 19:18:26

theiades wrote:

[david@theiades ~]$ cat /etc/arch-release
Arch Linux release
GaKu999 wrote:
Any idea of why /usr/sbin got deleted?
No, I don't remember deleting it. I fresh installed arch a week ago.

Aside from the fact that I don't know who is touching /etc/arch-release, a file not in the backup array of filesystem, modifications cleared upon updates...
Everything should be good now that you reinstalled filesystem.

Does it work properly following instructions of graysky if you choose OpenVPN?

Last edited by GaKu999 (2020-11-14 19:19:42)

theiades · 2020-11-14 19:25:21

graysky wrote:

As an aside, why not just export an openvpn config from them and use the official openvpn client?

I tried and it won't authenticate, I think openvpn ports are being blocked where I lived, I've heard of some workaround like changing the ports openvpn use but I haven't have time to look into it.
heres the output

2020-11-14 14:16:45 WARNING: --ping should normally be used with --ping-restart or --ping-exit
2020-11-14 14:16:45 Outgoing Control Channel Authentication: Using 512 bit message hash 'SHA512' for HMAC authentication
2020-11-14 14:16:45 Incoming Control Channel Authentication: Using 512 bit message hash 'SHA512' for HMAC authentication
2020-11-14 14:16:45 TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]104.149.35.146:1194
2020-11-14 14:16:45 Socket Buffers: R=[212992->212992] S=[212992->212992]
2020-11-14 14:16:45 UDP link local: (not bound)
2020-11-14 14:16:45 UDP link remote: [AF_INET]104.149.35.146:1194
2020-11-14 14:17:45 TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur within 60 seconds (check your network connectivity)
2020-11-14 14:17:45 TLS Error: TLS handshake failed
2020-11-14 14:17:45 SIGUSR1[soft,tls-error] received, process restarting

theiades · 2020-11-14 19:26:30

GaKu999 wrote:

Aside from the fact that I don't know who is touching /etc/arch-release, a file not in the backup array of filesystem, modifications cleared upon updates...
Everything should be good now that you reinstalled filesystem.

I'm not sure what you mean with reinstalled filesystem

GaKu999 · 2020-11-14 19:30:01

theiades wrote:

GaKu999 wrote:
Aside from the fact that I don't know who is touching /etc/arch-release, a file not in the backup array of filesystem, modifications cleared upon updates...
Everything should be good now that you reinstalled filesystem.
I'm not sure what you mean with reinstalled filesystem

Reinstalled the filesystem package? Anyways since you seem confused I assume you made the link directly...which is also an option.

If you face a firewall try other servers of NordVPN.
If none work...you have a problem...

Also, did you configure a local firewall?

Last edited by GaKu999 (2020-11-14 19:33:41)

theiades · 2020-11-14 19:36:41

GaKu999 wrote:

Reinstalled the filesystem package? Anyways since you seem confused I assume you made the link directly...which is also an option.

do you mean this? Sorry, I'm not used to the terminology

GaKu999 wrote:

Also, did you configure a local firewall?

No

theiades · 2020-11-14 19:48:27

GaKu999 wrote:

I assume you made the link directly...which is also an option.

well, I did

ln -s /usr/bin /usr/sbin

and now nordvpn seems to work, so I guess that solves it

[david@theiades ~]$ systemctl --type=service
  UNIT                                                  LOAD   ACTIVE SUB     DESCRIPTION                                                                  
  nordvpnd.service                                      loaded active running NordVPN Daemon                                                               


LOAD   = Reflects whether the unit definition was properly loaded.
ACTIVE = The high-level unit activation state, i.e. generalization of SUB.
SUB    = The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit type.

38 loaded units listed. Pass --all to see loaded but inactive units, too.
To show all installed unit files use 'systemctl list-unit-files'.
[david@theiades ~]$ nordvpn c
Please enter your login details.

theiades · 2020-11-14 20:16:28

theiades wrote:

well, I did
ln -s /usr/bin /usr/sbin
and now nordvpn seems to work, so I guess that solves it

I removed the link above and did

$ sudo pacman -S $(pacman -Qnq)

and now I have a /usr/sbin, so I guess reinstalling the filesystem is the way to go, thanks GaKu999, graysky

Last edited by theiades (2020-11-14 22:30:20)

GaKu999 · 2020-11-14 23:36:28

I said ‘filesystem’ package buddy,

pacman -Qo /usr/sbin

There’s one package called filesystem that defines the base Arch filesystem structure.

But no problem, just don’t go again doing a full reinstall because there’s a missing link, but in any case, that may have dealt with stranded missing files if there where more...

Arch Linux

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