*** /etc/init.d/openvpn	2005-07-17 13:07:02.000000000 +0200
--- /etc/init.d/openvpnNEW	2005-07-17 12:59:01.000000000 +0200
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  #!/sbin/runscript
  
  VPNDIR="/etc/openvpn"
+ PINGTRIES=5
+ PINGSATRIE=3
  
  depend() {
  	need net
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  						  	  --startas /usr/sbin/openvpn -- --config ${VPN}/local.conf \
  						  				 	--writepid /var/run/openvpn-${VPN}.pid \
  										 	--daemon --cd ${VPN}
+ 				COMPLETELYUP=1 #not tested so not completly up
  				eend $?
  			else
  				einfo "Connection ${VPN} already online. Skipping..."
+ 				COMPLETELYUP=0 #already up and tested
+ 			fi
+ 
+ 			CONNECTIONTESTS=0 #this var contains the number of times the connection has been tested
+ 			while [[ ${COMPLETELYUP} -gt 0 ]] && [[ ${CONNECTIONTESTS} -lt ${PINGTRIES} ]]; do # after 5 tests I give up
+ 				if [ -f ${VPN}/onlinecheck ]; then
+ 					ping -c ${PINGSATRIE} `head -n 1 ${VPN}/onlinecheck` >& /dev/null
+ 					sleep 1
+ 					COMPLETELYUP=$?
+ 					CONNECTIONTESTS=`expr ${CONNECTIONTESTS} + 1`
+ 				else
+ 					einfo "${VPNDIR}/${VPN}/onlinecheck does not exist"
+ 					einfo "If you create this file and place the hostname or IP of a system in it that is"
+ 					einfo "only reachable when the vpn is up then this initscript will ping that system to"
+ 					einfo "test the connection. This will be tried with ${PINGTRIES} times ${PINGSATRIE} pings"
+ 					einfo "with 1 second between each of the ${PINGTRIES} times ${PINGSATRIE} pings."
+ 					COMPLETELYUP=`true`
+ 				fi
+ 			done
+ 			if [[ ${COMPLETELYUP} -gt 0 ]]; then
+ 				ewarn "Openvpn started without problems but the host in"
+ 				ewarn "${VPNDIR}/${VPN}/onlinecheck is unavailable."
  			fi
  		else
  			ewarn "Expected ${VPNDIR}/${VPN} to be a directory containing a local.conf."