From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Nl1sd-0006OD-SM for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:13:31 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5CE29E0A00; Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:13:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.shawcable.com (shawmail.shawcable.com [64.59.128.220]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EAD2E0A00 for ; Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:13:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bpd2mi1no-svcs.prod.shawcable.com ([10.0.184.120]) by bpd2mo3no-ssvc.prod.shawcable.com with ESMTP; 26 Feb 2010 08:13:14 -0700 X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.0 c=1 a=oJ5G3GSoR6EA:10 a=dgx804EzjhD8CRYpIFkhZA==:17 a=osMH1J-KRWLTKK3X8ZwA:9 a=Cp7XT7-MFFXSGYQ89L6LNoL-FmYA:4 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.49,546,1262588400"; d="scan'208";a="328001035" Received: from unknown (HELO bpd2mi1no-cmts.prod.shawcable.com) ([192.168.183.120]) by bpd2mi1no-cmts.prod.shawcable.com with ESMTP; 26 Feb 2010 08:13:14 -0700 X-reinject: true Received: from unknown (HELO syscon4.localdomain) ([68.148.245.78]) by bpd2mi1no-dmz.prod.shawcable.com with ESMTP; 26 Feb 2010 08:13:14 -0700 Received: by syscon4.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A55ACC3A1B; Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:13:11 -0700 (MST) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:13:11 -0700 From: Joseph To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user][SOLVED] openvpn static ip Message-ID: <20100226151311.GA28310@syscon4.inet> References: <20100225013240.GB5865@syscon4.inet> <4B86E8D8.9060304@gentooist.com> <20100226003955.GF6860@syscon4.inet> <201002260933.21733.joost@antarean.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201002260933.21733.joost@antarean.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Archives-Salt: 53db4c2f-b4aa-4331-b0cd-468fb4fcd5fb X-Archives-Hash: bc79f1bc6dd939e9d36b15c58aa42acd On 02/26/10 09:33, J. Roeleveld wrote: [snip] >> >> ...syscon9/68.148.245.78:56172 TEST FILE '/etc/openvpn/ccd/syscon9' [0] >> ...syscon9/68.148.245.78:56172 TEST FILE '/etc/openvpn/ccd/DEFAULT' [0] >> ...syscon9/68.148.245.78:56172 MULTI: Learn: 192.168.139.2 -> >> syscon9/68.148.245.78:56172 >> >> If I change the directory to "ccd" the log just shows: >> ...syscon9/68.148.245.78:56172 TEST FILE 'ccd/syscon9' [0] >> ...syscon9/68.148.245.78:56172 TEST FILE 'ccd/DEFAULT' [0 > >This seems to indicate it can't actually find the file >"/etc/openvpn/ccd/syscon9" > >This file needs to be located on the server, not on the client, as it's the >server that determines the IP-address for the client. > >-- >Joost Yes, that was it :-/; I don't know what to say. Such a simple mistake. Just taking on a simple logic it make sense. I was thinking about it how it works that the client can request its own IP from the server; something didn't make sense. Thank you for all your help. -- Joseph