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On Sat, 3 Dec 2005, David Vernon wrote: > /dev/rob0 wrote: > > 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. > > OK my original question must have lacked a bit of the necessary clarity. > I was not asking if /etc/openvpn specifically was required. I was asking > if openvpn would need to access the config files (whatever I may choose > to name them) after the tunnel is up? Can I bring the tunnel up and then > make all the config files and keys disappear (by, for instance, > unmounting the filesystem they are on)? Will the instance of openvpn > that supports the tunnel in question need access to the config files or > keys at some later point in the life of that tunnel? The answer to your question is yes -- you can unmount the filesystem on which the config file and keys are stored after OpenVPN initializes, if you use the "persist-key" option. James ____________________________________________ Openvpn-users mailing list Openvpn-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users Warning: require_once(../../../archive_common.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/openvpn/domains/openvpn.net/public_html/archive/openvpn-users/2005-12/msg00076.html on line 205 Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '../../../archive_common.php' (include_path='/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/openvpn/domains/openvpn.net/public_html/archive/openvpn-users/2005-12/msg00076.html on line 205 |