init.d file that have the workaround as described in the bug note

openvpn (text/plain), 1.15 KB, created by Chester Chee on 2005-10-15 07:24:22 UTC

#!/sbin/runscript

VPNDIR="/etc/openvpn"
VPN="${myservice##*.}"
VPNCONFS=`ls ${VPNDIR}/*.conf`

depend() {
	need net
}

checktundevice() {
	if [[ ! -e /dev/net/tun ]]; then
		if ! modprobe tun ; then
			eerror "TUN/TAP support is not available in this kernel"
			return 1
		fi
	fi
	if [[ -h /dev/net/tun && -c /dev/misc/net/tun ]]; then
		ebegin "Detected broken /dev/net/tun symlink, fixing..."
		rm -f /dev/net/tun
		ln -s /dev/misc/net/tun /dev/net/tun
		eend $?
	fi
}

start() {
	checktundevice || return 1
	for vpn in ${VPNCONFS}
	do
		ebegin "Starting ${myservice} for `basename ${vpn} .conf`"

		if [[ ! -e "${vpn}" ]]; then
			eend 1 "${vpn} does not exist"
			return 1
		fi
		
		VPNPID="/var/run/openvpn.`basename ${vpn} .conf`.pid"
		start-stop-daemon --start --exec /usr/sbin/openvpn --pidfile "${VPNPID}" \
			-- --config "${vpn}" --writepid "${VPNPID}"	\
			--daemon
		eend $? "Check your logs to see why startup failed"
	done
}

stop() {
	for vpn in ${VPNCONFS}
	do
	  VPNPID="/var/run/openvpn.`basename ${vpn} .conf`.pid"
	  ebegin "Stopping ${myservice}"
	  start-stop-daemon --stop --exec /usr/sbin/openvpn --pidfile "${VPNPID}"
	  eend $?
	done
}

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