Hello All
A clients openvpn server on Debian works fine with windows and iMac
clients.
But on a OS X 10.6.3 Macbook we run into the following issue: The
client connects successfully but gets a strange IP Configuration on
tun0
Log shows: the second argument to --ifconfig must be an IP address.
You are using something (255.255.255.0) that looks more like a
netmask.
We tried the stable release, current beta and old 2.x. All with the
same problem.
any help is very appreciated!
Josef Ender
full logs (IP replaced), server and client config:
Failed client:
2010-06-25 17:39:57 *Tunnelblick: OS X 10.6.3; Tunnelblick 3.1beta06
(build 1890); OpenVPN 2.1.1
2010-06-25 17:40:06 *Tunnelblick: Attempting connection with openvpn;
Set nameserver = 1; monitoring connection
2010-06-25 17:40:06 *Tunnelblick: /Applications/Tunnelblick.app/
Contents/Resources/openvpnstart start openvpn.conf 1337 1 0 0 0 97
2010-06-25 17:40:07 *Tunnelblick: /Applications/Tunnelblick.app/
Contents/Resources/openvpn --cd /Users/username/Library/Application
Support/Tunnelblick/Configurations --daemon --management 127.0.0.1
1337 --config /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Tunnelblick/
Configurations/openvpn.conf --management-query-passwords --management-
hold --script-security 2 --up /Applications/Tunnelblick.app/Contents/
Resources/
client.up.tunnelblick.sh -m -w -d --down /Applications/
Tunnelblick.app/Contents/Resources/
client.down.tunnelblick.sh -m -w -d
--up-restart
2010-06-25 17:40:07 *Tunnelblick: Attached to pipe for scripts
2010-06-25 17:40:07 SUCCESS: pid=704
2010-06-25 17:40:07 SUCCESS: real-time state notification set to ON
2010-06-25 17:40:06
2010-06-25 17:40:07 END
2010-06-25 17:40:07 SUCCESS: real-time log notification set to ON
2010-06-25 17:40:06 OpenVPN 2.1.1 i386-apple-darwin10.3.0 [SSL] [LZO2]
[PKCS11] built on Jun 7 2010
2010-06-25 17:40:06 MANAGEMENT: TCP Socket listening on
127.0.0.1:1337
2010-06-25 17:40:06 waiting...
2010-06-25 17:40:07 MANAGEMENT: Client connected from
127.0.0.1:1337
2010-06-25 17:40:07 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'pid'
2010-06-25 17:40:07 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'state on'
2010-06-25 17:40:07 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'state'
2010-06-25 17:40:07 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'log on all'
2010-06-25 17:40:07 END
2010-06-25 17:40:07 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'hold release'
2010-06-25 17:40:07 SUCCESS: hold release succeeded
2010-06-25 17:40:07 NOTE: the current --script-security setting may
allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts
2010-06-25 17:40:07 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'password [...]'
2010-06-25 17:40:07 but not yet verified
2010-06-25 17:40:07 WARNING: this configuration may cache passwords in
memory -- use the auth-nocache option to prevent this
2010-06-25 17:40:07 WARNING: file 'username.key' is group or others
accessible
2010-06-25 17:40:07 LZO compression initialized
2010-06-25 17:40:07 Control Channel MTU parms [ L:1542 D:138 EF:38 EB:
0 ET:0 EL:0 ]
2010-06-25 17:40:07 Data Channel MTU parms [ L:1542 D:1450 EF:42 EB:
135 ET:0 EL:0 AF:3/1 ]
2010-06-25 17:40:07 Local Options hash (VER=V4): '41690919'
2010-06-25 17:40:07 Expected Remote Options hash (VER=V4): '530fdded'
2010-06-25 17:40:07 Socket Buffers: R=[42080->65536] S=[9216->65536]
2010-06-25 17:40:07 UDPv4 link local: [undef]
2010-06-25 17:40:07 UDPv4 link remote: 84.253.xx.xx:1194
2010-06-25 17:40:07
2010-06-25 17:40:07
2010-06-25 17:40:07 sid=6af53d08 e0ed4cc0
2010-06-25 17:40:12 remote='dev-type tap'
2010-06-25 17:40:12 remote='link-mtu 1574'
2010-06-25 17:40:12 remote='tun-mtu 1532'
2010-06-25 17:40:12 Data Channel Encrypt: Cipher 'BF-CBC' initialized
with 128 bit key
2010-06-25 17:40:12 Data Channel Encrypt: Using 160 bit message hash
'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
2010-06-25 17:40:12 Data Channel Decrypt: Cipher 'BF-CBC' initialized
with 128 bit key
2010-06-25 17:40:12 Data Channel Decrypt: Using 160 bit message hash
'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
2010-06-25 17:40:12 1024 bit RSA
2010-06-25 17:40:12 [server] Peer Connection Initiated with
84.253.xx.xx:1194
2010-06-25 17:40:14
2010-06-25 17:40:15 SENT CONTROL [server]: 'PUSH_REQUEST' (status=1)
2010-06-25 17:40:15 ifconfig 192.168.0.202 255.255.255.0'
2010-06-25 17:40:15 OPTIONS IMPORT: timers and/or timeouts modified
2010-06-25 17:40:15 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ifconfig/up options modified
2010-06-25 17:40:15 OPTIONS IMPORT: route-related options modified
2010-06-25 17:40:15 the second argument to --ifconfig must be an IP
address. You are using something (255.255.255.0) that looks more like
a netmask. (silence this warning with --ifconfig-nowarn)
2010-06-25 17:40:15 TUN/TAP device /dev/tun0 opened
2010-06-25 17:40:15
2010-06-25 17:40:15 /sbin/ifconfig tun0 delete
2010-06-25 17:40:15 NOTE: Tried to delete pre-existing tun/tap
instance -- No Problem if failure
2010-06-25 17:40:15 /sbin/ifconfig tun0 192.168.0.202 255.255.255.0
mtu 1500 netmask 255.255.255.255 up
2010-06-25 17:40:15 /Applications/Tunnelblick.app/Contents/Resources/
client.up.tunnelblick.sh -m -w -d tun0 1500 1542 192.168.0.202
255.255.255.0 init
2010-06-25 17:40:15 Initialization Sequence Completed
2010-06-25 17:40:15 84.253.xx.xx
interface after connection:
tun0: flags=8851<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.0.202 --> 255.255.255.0 netmask 0xffffffff
open (pid 704)
successfully connected Client:
Thu 01/01/70 01:00 AM: SUCCESS: pid=97905
Thu 01/01/70 01:00 AM: SUCCESS: real-time state notification set to ON
Thu 01/01/70 01:00 AM: SUCCESS: real-time log notification set to ON
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: OpenVPN 2.1_rc15 i386-apple-darwin9.5.0 [SSL]
[LZO2] built on Nov 19 2008
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: MANAGEMENT: TCP Socket listening on
127.0.0.1:1337
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: waiting...
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: MANAGEMENT: Client connected from
127.0.0.1:1337
Thu 01/01/70 01:00 AM: END
Thu 01/01/70 01:00 AM: SUCCESS: hold release succeeded
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: NOTE: the current --script-security setting may
allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts
Thu 01/01/70 01:00 AM: but not yet verified
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: WARNING: this configuration may cache passwords
in memory -- use the auth-nocache option to prevent this
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: WARNING: file 'username.key' is group or others
accessible
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: LZO compression initialized
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: Control Channel MTU parms [ L:1574 D:138 EF:38
EB:0 ET:0 EL:0 ]
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: Data Channel MTU parms [ L:1574 D:1450 EF:42 EB:
135 ET:32 EL:0 AF:3/1 ]
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: Local Options hash (VER=V4): 'd79ca330'
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: Expected Remote Options hash (VER=V4):
'f7df56b8'
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: Socket Buffers: R=[42080->65536] S=[9216-
>65536]
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: UDPv4 link local: [undef]
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: UDPv4 link remote: 84.253.xx.xx:1194
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM:
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM:
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: sid=44473136 3130bb74
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: Data Channel Encrypt: Cipher 'BF-CBC'
initialized with 128 bit key
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: Data Channel Encrypt: Using 160 bit message
hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: Data Channel Decrypt: Cipher 'BF-CBC'
initialized with 128 bit key
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: Data Channel Decrypt: Using 160 bit message
hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: 1024 bit RSA
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: [server] Peer Connection Initiated with
84.253.xx.xx:1194
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM:
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: SENT CONTROL [server]:
'PUSH_REQUEST' (status=1)
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: ifconfig 192.168.0.201 255.255.255.0'
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: OPTIONS IMPORT: timers and/or timeouts modified
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: OPTIONS IMPORT: --ifconfig/up options modified
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: OPTIONS IMPORT: route-related options modified
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: TUN/TAP device /dev/tap0 opened
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM:
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: /sbin/ifconfig tap0 delete
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: NOTE: Tried to delete pre-existing tun/tap
instance -- No Problem if failure
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: /sbin/ifconfig tap0 192.168.0.201 netmask
255.255.255.0 mtu 1500 up
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: Initialization Sequence Completed
Sat 06/26/10 11:01 AM: 84.253.xx.xx
Server config:
#################################################
# Sample OpenVPN 2.0 config file for #
# multi-client server. #
# #
# This file is for the server side #
# of a many-clients <-> one-server #
# OpenVPN configuration. #
# #
# OpenVPN also supports #
# single-machine <-> single-machine #
# configurations (See the Examples page #
# on the web site for more info). #
# #
# This config should work on Windows #
# or Linux/BSD systems. Remember on #
# Windows to quote pathnames and use #
# double backslashes, e.g.: #
# "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\foo.key" #
# #
# Comments are preceded with '#' or ';' #
#################################################
# Which local IP address should OpenVPN
# listen on? (optional)
;local a.b.c.d
# Which TCP/UDP port should OpenVPN listen on?
# If you want to run multiple OpenVPN instances
# on the same machine, use a different port
# number for each one. You will need to
# open up this port on your firewall.
port 1194
# TCP or UDP server?
;proto tcp
proto udp
# "dev tun" will create a routed IP tunnel,
# "dev tap" will create an ethernet tunnel.
# Use "dev tap0" if you are ethernet bridging
# and have precreated a tap0 virtual interface
# and bridged it with your ethernet interface.
# If you want to control access policies
# over the VPN, you must create firewall
# rules for the the TUN/TAP interface.
# On non-Windows systems, you can give
# an explicit unit number, such as tun0.
# On Windows, use "dev-node" for this.
# On most systems, the VPN will not function
# unless you partially or fully disable
# the firewall for the TUN/TAP interface.
dev tap0
;dev tun0
# Windows needs the TAP-Win32 adapter name
# from the Network Connections panel if you
# have more than one. On XP SP2 or higher,
# you may need to selectively disable the
# Windows firewall for the TAP adapter.
# Non-Windows systems usually don't need this.
;dev-node MyTap
# SSL/TLS root certificate (ca), certificate
# (cert), and private key (key). Each client
# and the server must have their own cert and
# key file. The server and all clients will
# use the same ca file.
#
# See the "easy-rsa" directory for a series
# of scripts for generating RSA certificates
# and private keys. Remember to use
# a unique Common Name for the server
# and each of the client certificates.
#
# Any X509 key management system can be used.
# OpenVPN can also use a PKCS #12 formatted key file
# (see "pkcs12" directive in man page).
ca ca.crt
cert server.crt
key server.key # This file should be kept secret
# Diffie hellman parameters.
# Generate your own with:
# openssl dhparam -out dh1024.pem 1024
# Substitute 2048 for 1024 if you are using
# 2048 bit keys.
dh dh1024.pem
# Configure server mode and supply a VPN subnet
# for OpenVPN to draw client addresses from.
# The server will take 10.8.0.1 for itself,
# the rest will be made available to clients.
# Each client will be able to reach the server
# on 10.8.0.1. Comment this line out if you are
# ethernet bridging. See the man page for more info.
;server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0
# Maintain a record of client <-> virtual IP address
# associations in this file. If OpenVPN goes down or
# is restarted, reconnecting clients can be assigned
# the same virtual IP address from the pool that was
# previously assigned.
ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt
# Configure server mode for ethernet bridging.
# You must first use your OS's bridging capability
# to bridge the TAP interface with the ethernet
# NIC interface. Then you must manually set the
# IP/netmask on the bridge interface, here we
# assume
10.8.0.4/255.255.255.0. Finally we
# must set aside an IP range in this subnet
# (start=10.8.0.50 end=10.8.0.100) to allocate
# to connecting clients. Leave this line commented
# out unless you are ethernet bridging.
server-bridge 192.168.0.10 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.200 192.168.0.220
# Configure server mode for ethernet bridging
# using a DHCP-proxy, where clients talk
# to the OpenVPN server-side DHCP server
# to receive their IP address allocation
# and DNS server addresses. You must first use
# your OS's bridging capability to bridge the TAP
# interface with the ethernet NIC interface.
# Note: this mode only works on clients (such as
# Windows), where the client-side TAP adapter is
# bound to a DHCP client.
;server-bridge
# Push routes to the client to allow it
# to reach other private subnets behind
# the server. Remember that these
# private subnets will also need
# to know to route the OpenVPN client
# address pool (
10.8.0.0/255.255.255.0)
# back to the OpenVPN server.
# To assign specific IP addresses to specific
# clients or if a connecting client has a private
# subnet behind it that should also have VPN access,
# use the subdirectory "ccd" for client-specific
# configuration files (see man page for more info).
# EXAMPLE: Suppose the client
# having the certificate common name "Thelonious"
# also has a small subnet behind his connecting
# machine, such as
192.168.40.128/255.255.255.248.
# First, uncomment out these lines:
;client-config-dir ccd
;route 192.168.40.128 255.255.255.248
# Then create a file ccd/Thelonious with this line:
# iroute 192.168.40.128 255.255.255.248
# This will allow Thelonious' private subnet to
# access the VPN. This example will only work
# if you are routing, not bridging, i.e. you are
# using "dev tun" and "server" directives.
# EXAMPLE: Suppose you want to give
# Thelonious a fixed VPN IP address of 10.9.0.1.
# First uncomment out these lines:
;client-config-dir ccd
# Then add this line to ccd/Thelonious:
# ifconfig-push 10.9.0.1 10.9.0.2
# Suppose that you want to enable different
# firewall access policies for different groups
# of clients. There are two methods:
# (1) Run multiple OpenVPN daemons, one for each
# group, and firewall the TUN/TAP interface
# for each group/daemon appropriately.
# (2) (Advanced) Create a script to dynamically
# modify the firewall in response to access
# from different clients. See man
# page for more info on learn-address script.
;learn-address ./script
# If enabled, this directive will configure
# all clients to redirect their default
# network gateway through the VPN, causing
# all IP traffic such as web browsing and
# and DNS lookups to go through the VPN
# (The OpenVPN server machine may need to NAT
# or bridge the TUN/TAP interface to the internet
# in order for this to work properly).
;push "redirect-gateway def1 bypass-dhcp"
# Certain Windows-specific network settings
# can be pushed to clients, such as DNS
# or WINS server addresses. CAVEAT:
#
http://openvpn.net/faq.html#dhcpcaveats
# The addresses below refer to the public
# DNS servers provided by
opendns.com.
# Uncomment this directive to allow different
# clients to be able to "see" each other.
# By default, clients will only see the server.
# To force clients to only see the server, you
# will also need to appropriately firewall the
# server's TUN/TAP interface.
client-to-client
# Uncomment this directive if multiple clients
# might connect with the same certificate/key
# files or common names. This is recommended
# only for testing purposes. For production use,
# each client should have its own certificate/key
# pair.
#
# IF YOU HAVE NOT GENERATED INDIVIDUAL
# CERTIFICATE/KEY PAIRS FOR EACH CLIENT,
# EACH HAVING ITS OWN UNIQUE "COMMON NAME",
# UNCOMMENT THIS LINE OUT.
duplicate-cn
# The keepalive directive causes ping-like
# messages to be sent back and forth over
# the link so that each side knows when
# the other side has gone down.
# Ping every 10 seconds, assume that remote
# peer is down if no ping received during
# a 120 second time period.
keepalive 10 120
# For extra security beyond that provided
# by SSL/TLS, create an "HMAC firewall"
# to help block DoS attacks and UDP port flooding.
#
# Generate with:
# openvpn --genkey --secret ta.key
#
# The server and each client must have
# a copy of this key.
# The second parameter should be '0'
# on the server and '1' on the clients.
;tls-auth ta.key 0 # This file is secret
# Select a cryptographic cipher.
# This config item must be copied to
# the client config file as well.
;cipher BF-CBC # Blowfish (default)
;cipher AES-128-CBC # AES
;cipher DES-EDE3-CBC # Triple-DES
# Enable compression on the VPN link.
# If you enable it here, you must also
# enable it in the client config file.
comp-lzo
# The maximum number of concurrently connected
# clients we want to allow.
;max-clients 100
# It's a good idea to reduce the OpenVPN
# daemon's privileges after initialization.
#
# You can uncomment this out on
# non-Windows systems.
;user nobody
;group nogroup
# The persist options will try to avoid
# accessing certain resources on restart
# that may no longer be accessible because
# of the privilege downgrade.
persist-key
persist-tun
# Output a short status file showing
# current connections, truncated
# and rewritten every minute.
status openvpn-status.log
# By default, log messages will go to the syslog (or
# on Windows, if running as a service, they will go to
# the "\Program Files\OpenVPN\log" directory).
# Use log or log-append to override this default.
# "log" will truncate the log file on OpenVPN startup,
# while "log-append" will append to it. Use one
# or the other (but not both).
log openvpn.log
client config:
##############################################
# Sample client-side OpenVPN 2.0 config file #
# for connecting to multi-client server. #
# #
# This configuration can be used by multiple #
# clients, however each client should have #
# its own cert and key files. #
# #
# On Windows, you might want to rename this #
# file so it has a .ovpn extension #
##############################################
# Specify that we are a client and that we
# will be pulling certain config file directives
# from the server.
client
# Use the same setting as you are using on
# the server.
# On most systems, the VPN will not function
# unless you partially or fully disable
# the firewall for the TUN/TAP interface.
dev tap
;dev tun
# Windows needs the TAP-Win32 adapter name
# from the Network Connections panel
# if you have more than one. On XP SP2,
# you may need to disable the firewall
# for the TAP adapter.
;dev-node MyTap
# Are we connecting to a TCP or
# UDP server? Use the same setting as
# on the server.
;proto tcp
proto udp
# The hostname/IP and port of the server.
# You can have multiple remote entries
# to load balance between the servers.
;remote my-server-2 1194
remote 84.253.xx.xx 1194
# Choose a random host from the remote
# list for load-balancing. Otherwise
# try hosts in the order specified.
;remote-random
# Keep trying indefinitely to resolve the
# host name of the OpenVPN server. Very useful
# on machines which are not permanently connected
# to the internet such as laptops.
resolv-retry infinite
# Most clients don't need to bind to
# a specific local port number.
nobind
# Downgrade privileges after initialization (non-Windows only)
;user nobody
;group nogroup
# Try to preserve some state across restarts.
persist-key
persist-tun
# If you are connecting through an
# HTTP proxy to reach the actual OpenVPN
# server, put the proxy server/IP and
# port number here. See the man page
# if your proxy server requires
# authentication.
;http-proxy-retry # retry on connection failures
;http-proxy [proxy server] [proxy port #]
# Wireless networks often produce a lot
# of duplicate packets. Set this flag
# to silence duplicate packet warnings.
;mute-replay-warnings
# SSL/TLS parms.
# See the server config file for more
# description. It's best to use
# a separate .crt/.key file pair
# for each client. A single ca
# file can be used for all clients.
ca ca.crt
cert username.crt
key username.key
# Verify server certificate by checking
# that the certicate has the nsCertType
# field set to "server". This is an
# important precaution to protect against
# a potential attack discussed here:
#
http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm
#
# To use this feature, you will need to generate
# your server certificates with the nsCertType
# field set to "server". The build-key-server
# script in the easy-rsa folder will do this.
ns-cert-type server
# If a tls-auth key is used on the server
# then every client must also have the key.
;tls-auth ta.key 1
# Select a cryptographic cipher.
# If the cipher option is used on the server
# then you must also specify it here.
;cipher x
# Enable compression on the VPN link.
# Don't enable this unless it is also
# enabled in the server config file.
comp-lzo
# Set log file verbosity.
verb 3
# Silence repeating messages
;mute 20