Hi Bob, > Does anyone know what this error message from OpenVPN in (daemon.log) > might actually mean? > > Wed Jan 18 22:30:07 2006 TCP/UDP: Socket bind failed on local address > [undef]:1194: Address already in use > > I have not specified a specific address and certainly have nothing > running on port 1194. could it be that you have several "*.conf" files in /etc/openvpn/ that all use the same port (or that all use the default port, which amounts to the same thing)? For example, some "server.conf" and another file with your custom config? The init script will try to start a daemon for each *.conf file found in /etc/openvpn, if I recall correctly (it's been a while since I played with openvpn)
Do a "netstat -an |grep 1194" to see if something is already listening on that port. To answer your question - the error message actually means that _something_ else is already listening on that port, so openvpn failed to start. If you have not specified a specific address (I guess you mean port? Or do you want openvpn to only listen on a specific interface?) it will default to 1194, since that's the port number that was assigned to OpenVPN by IANA. I hope that helps. Martin ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
