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Re: [Openvpn-users] Linux Client - Does /etc/openvpn need to exist after the tunnel is up?


  • Subject: Re: [Openvpn-users] Linux Client - Does /etc/openvpn need to exist after the tunnel is up?
  • From: /dev/rob0 <rob0@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 06:52:36 -0600

On Saturday 2005-December-03 06:14, David Vernon wrote:
> for /etc/openvpn pointing to the openvpn directory on the encrypted
> filesystem. As expected OpenVPN has no issues with this config. My
> question is, would it be OK from OpenVPNs perspective if I unmounted
> the filesystem once the tunnel was up? Does openvpn read config files
> from time to time or operate all from mem?

In fact there is nothing magical to openvpn about /etc/openvpn. Some 
distributors might do things to make it necessary for their scripts, 
but that need not concern you.

> I do use:
snip
> persist-key

That's a good idea in this case.

> Just to preempt the why are you doing this question: I want to make

The reasoning seems obvious to me.
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