From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 25 16:53:12 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E449D106564A for ; Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:53:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@mi.celestial.com) Received: from dorsai-02.celestial.com (dorsai-02.celestial.com [192.136.111.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADCE58FC14 for ; Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:53:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@mi.celestial.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by dorsai-02.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4BD9205D1E8 for ; Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:53:10 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at celestial.com Received: from dorsai-02.celestial.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (dorsai-02.celestial.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id i8NlTmYh+0V2 for ; Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:53:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ayn.mi.celestial.com (hayek.celestial.com [192.136.111.12]) by dorsai-02.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A8BF2058A3C for ; Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:53:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ayn.mi.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6008068BAF04D; Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:53:10 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mi.celestial.com Received: from ayn.mi.celestial.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ayn.mi.celestial.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id wz0U1n6W1JMZ; Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:53:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by ayn.mi.celestial.com (Postfix, from userid 203) id 3985B68947769; Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:53:10 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:53:10 -0700 From: Bill Campbell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090725165310.GA15267@ayn.mi.celestial.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <288826.64593.qm@web35603.mail.mud.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <288826.64593.qm@web35603.mail.mud.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 OpenPKG/% (2009-01-05) Subject: Re: OpenVPN Client X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@celestial.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:53:13 -0000 On Sat, Jul 25, 2009, Leonardo M. Ram? wrote: > >Hi, I'm trying to connect to an OpenVPN server in my office. To do this, I >installed "OpenVPN 2.0.6 i386-portbld-freebsd7.2 [SSL] [LZO]" from ports, >and looking at different tutorials I found it needs a config file in >/usr/local/etc/openvpn/openvpn.conf. The problem here, is that our server >provides an "client.ovpn" file containing all the connection params needed >by a client, in fact, we connect windows machines just by installing >"OpenVPN_Installer.exe", it configures a TAP device and a client that reads >the client.ovpn file. You can probably just ``mv client.ovpn client.conf'' and use that (along with the other files provided with keys, etc.). The Tunnelblick OpenVPN client I use on my Macs recognizes either. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Skype: jwccsllc (206) 855-5792 Freedom from prices is freedom from responsibility. You can simply pass laws, using the magic wand of government to satisfy your own desires at unspecified costs to be paid by others. -- Thomas Sowell Aug 2000