[SOLVED] openvpn issue: how to start service

Hi all,
I'm writing because I'm experiencing a problem while trying to start openvpn.
This morning I removed (i moved to .old) the rc.conf file and this means i'm using a full systemd configuration.
The problem is that I don't know how to start openvpn. yesterday I was doing:
/etc/rc.d/openvpn start
today I tried again but it does not find such file: it is no more there :S
i started through:
openvpn /etc/openvpn/vpnname.conf
and it seems to work...but is this the only way? It produces lot of output, should I redirect it? I think I can but it's not the optimal solution
I need to start the service manually.
I tried:
# systemctl start [email protected]
Job for [email protected] failed. See 'systemctl status [email protected]' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
# systemctl status [email protected]
[email protected] - OpenVPN connection to vpnname
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]; disabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2013-02-21 10:37:58 CET; 11min ago
Process: 1950 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/openvpn --cd /etc/openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/%i.conf --daemon openvpn@%i (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Feb 21 10:37:58 jily systemd[1]: Starting OpenVPN connection to vpnname...
Feb 21 10:37:58 jily openvpn[1950]: Options error: In [CMD-LINE]:1: Error opening configuration file: /etc/openvpn/vpnname.conf
Feb 21 10:37:58 jily openvpn[1950]: Use --help for more information.
Feb 21 10:37:58 jily systemd[1]: [email protected]: control process exited, code=exited status=1
Feb 21 10:37:58 jily systemd[1]: Failed to start OpenVPN connection to vpnname.
Feb 21 10:37:58 jily systemd[1]: Unit [email protected] entered failed state
Feb 21 10:48:50 jily systemd[1]: Stopped OpenVPN connection to vpnname.
# journalctl -xn
-- Logs begin at Mon 2012-11-12 13:06:40 CET, end at Thu 2013-02-21 10:50:32 CET. --
Feb 21 10:49:39 jily ntpd[574]: peers refreshed
Feb 21 10:49:39 jily ntpd[574]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
Feb 21 10:49:48 jily ntpd[574]: Deleting interface #7 tun0, 10.8.0.21#123, interface stats: received=0, sent=0, dropped=0, active_time=9 secs
Feb 21 10:49:48 jily ntpd[574]: peers refreshed
Feb 21 10:50:32 jily systemd[1]: Starting OpenVPN connection to vpnname...
-- Subject: Unit [email protected] has begun with start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- Documentation: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/catalog/7d4958e842da4a758f6c1cdc7b36dcc5
-- Unit [email protected] has begun starting up.
Feb 21 10:50:32 jily openvpn[2020]: Options error: In [CMD-LINE]:1: Error opening configuration file: /etc/openvpn/vpnname.conf
Feb 21 10:50:32 jily openvpn[2020]: Use --help for more information.
Feb 21 10:50:32 jily systemd[1]: [email protected]: control process exited, code=exited status=1
Feb 21 10:50:32 jily systemd[1]: Failed to start OpenVPN connection to vpnname.
-- Subject: Unit [email protected] has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- Documentation: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/catalog/be02cf6855d2428ba40df7e9d022f03d
-- Unit [email protected] has failed.
-- The result is failed.
Feb 21 10:50:32 jily systemd[1]: Unit [email protected] entered failed state
can you guys please help me understanding this?
Thanks in advance
Last edited by virusso80 (2013-04-03 07:54:59)

tomk wrote:
virusso80 wrote:
i started through:
openvpn /etc/openvpn/vpnname.conf
and it seems to work...
A bit vague there - does it or doesn't it?
yes, it does!
tomk wrote:
virusso80 wrote:Feb 21 10:37:58 jily openvpn[1950]: Options error: In [CMD-LINE]:1: Error opening configuration file: /etc/openvpn/vpnname.conf
This error is generated by openvpn itself, not systemd. What are the ownership/permissions of /etc/openvpn/vpnname.conf?
the following. I didn't change anything in that setting.
# ls -l /etc/openvpn/vpnname.conf
-rwx------ 1 root root 347 Sep 18 2010 /etc/openvpn/vpnname.conf
thanks

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