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freewick

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Registered: 2023-02-07

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[Solved] OpenVPN error during logout and reboot

Tldr: I removed and edited files in /etc/openvpn folder and may have run some commands and because of it I am getting some errror during shutdown and logout and want to remove those errors. Please help

Hi a few weeks back I tried to connect to a vpn using openvpn and finally I managed to connect using their vpn client and now I dont need to use openvpn. However I tried some things at that time which when logging out or restarting or shutting down are giving me the following errors

[Failed]Failed to start OpenVPN tunnel for client
[Failed]Failed to start OpenVPN service for configuration

I did edit some files I guess but I don't know how to remove this error.  I uninstalled openvpn and networkmanager-openvpn and the error is gone but the vpnclient needs these as dependencies so I am stuck with this error.

Can some one guide me as to how to remove this error.

Things I tried I: I tried uninstalling using  -Rcns flag  and reinstalled but it didnt work. I tried to start openvpn service with systemd and it says it doesnt exist. May be systemd is trying that in the background or at end. If so how to resolve?

when I tried to start openvpn using systemd i am getting the following log

systemctl status openvpn-client@client.service
× openvpn-client@client.service - OpenVPN tunnel for client
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/openvpn-client@.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2024-02-27 15:53:23 IST; 29min ago
       Docs: man:openvpn(8)
             https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/Openvpn24ManPage
             https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/HOWTO
    Process: 958 ExecStart=/usr/bin/openvpn --suppress-timestamps --nobind --config client.conf (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
   Main PID: 958 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
        CPU: 24ms

Feb 27 15:53:23 sanganaka systemd[1]: Starting OpenVPN tunnel for client...
Feb 27 15:53:23 sanganaka openvpn[958]: Options error: In [CMD-LINE]:1: Error opening configuration file: client.conf
Feb 27 15:53:23 sanganaka openvpn[958]: Use --help for more information.
Feb 27 15:53:23 sanganaka systemd[1]: openvpn-client@client.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Feb 27 15:53:23 sanganaka systemd[1]: openvpn-client@client.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Feb 27 15:53:23 sanganaka systemd[1]: Failed to start OpenVPN tunnel for client.

Any leads will be appreciated.

Last edited by freewick (2024-02-27 12:33:59)

cryptearth

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Registered: 2024-02-03

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Re: [Solved] OpenVPN error during logout and reboot

sudo systemctl disable openvpn-client@client

freewick

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Registered: 2023-02-07

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Re: [Solved] OpenVPN error during logout and reboot

sudo systemctl disable openvpn-client@client

Thanks first error failed to start openvpn tunnel for client is gone. The second line error failed to start openvpn service for configuration still coming

freewick

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Registered: 2023-02-07

Posts: 56

Re: [Solved] OpenVPN error during logout and reboot

I ran this command and it is giving the following input

systemctl list-units | grep openvpn
  openvpn-server@configuration.service                                                                                        loaded activating auto-restart OpenVPN service for configuration
  system-openvpn\x2dserver.slice                                                                                              loaded active     active       Slice /system/openvpn-server
❯ sudo systemctl disable openvpn-sever@configurataion.service
Failed to disable unit: Unit file openvpn-sever@configurataion.service does not exist.
❯ sudo systemctl  stop openvpn-sever@configurataion.service
Failed to stop openvpn-sever@configurataion.service: Unit openvpn-sever@configurataion.service not loaded.
❯ sudo systemctl  enable openvpn-sever@configurataion.service
Failed to enable unit: Unit file openvpn-sever@configurataion.service does not exist.

freewick

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Registered: 2023-02-07

Posts: 56

Re: [Solved] OpenVPN error during logout and reboot

finally I figured it out as to how to remove second error

sudo systemctl disable openvpn-server@configuration