OpenVPN 2.1 requires '--script-security 2'

jonaskellens · 09-01-2009, 01:06 PM

Code:

[jonas@jonas ~]$ /usr/sbin/openvpn --config /home/jonas/.openVPN/jocan.ovpn
Tue Sep  1 20:02:33 2009 OpenVPN 2.1_rc15 i386-redhat-linux-gnu [SSL] [LZO2] [EPOLL] built on Nov 30 2008
Enter Auth Username:
Enter Auth Password:
Tue Sep  1 20:02:40 2009 NOTE: OpenVPN 2.1 requires '--script-security 2' or higher to call user-defined scripts or executables
Tue Sep  1 20:02:40 2009 Cannot load certificate file client-jonaskl-cert.pem: error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or directory: error:20074002:BIO routines:FILE_CTRL:system lib: error:140AD002:SSL routines:SSL_CTX_use_certificate_file:system lib
Tue Sep  1 20:02:40 2009 Exiting

Has someone yet seen this error and found what to do with it ?

jonaskellens · 09-01-2009, 02:24 PM

So I resolved my own problem by doing this :
1. when executing the command, make sure you are in the directory where the config files are.
2. execute the command as root because a normal user cannot create the appropriate tun-device...

gmkey · 12-11-2011, 08:21 AM

solved!!! visit: http://www.nvery.com/2011/openvpn_script-security_2.htm

dazdaz · 11-18-2012, 11:57 AM

The link above is no longer valid, do you have a mirror or could you point to a different website ?

I have the same issue,

"NOTE: OpenVPN 2.1 requires '--script-security 2' or higher to call user-defined scripts or executables"

And it's not clear to me, if this is a warning or error causing the VPN connection to fail.

I am running openvpn as root however the configuration file is in another directory, but I can't see this being a problem.