Opened 5 years ago
Closed 5 years ago
#1162 closed Bug / Defect (fixed-external)
Unable to start OpenVPN-AS on Desktop Ubuntu 18.04 due to absence of ifconfig/net-tools
| Reported by: | vics | Owned by: | jamesyonan |
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| Priority: | major | Milestone: | |
| Component: | Access Server | Version: | |
| Severity: | Not set (select this one, unless your'e a OpenVPN developer) | Keywords: | |
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Description
Couldn't start Access Server on the desktop version of Ubuntu 18.04
The following error is thrown:
Error: process started and then immediately exited: ['Fri Mar 1 12:00:20 2019 Linux ifconfig failed: could not execute external program'] service failed to start or returned error status
Usage of net-tools is considered to be deprecated on latest versions of Ubuntu (other distros too).
Sure, it's possible to manually install it, but it looks like additional overhead for end users.
Setup:
Access Server version: 2.6.1 lim@TempIXX:~$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS Release: 18.04 Codename: bionic
Deb package from https://openvpn.net/downloads/openvpn-as-latest-ubuntu18.amd_64.deb
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Change History (2)
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| Attachment: | openvpnas.log added |
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| Resolution: | → fixed-external |
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| Status: | new → closed |
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We will be moving away from net-tools in the long term. For the short term, net-tools is still required until we have finished certain changes to Access Server that allow us to move away from it. I will close the ticket on the public community bug tracker so as not to bother the open source community with these tickets.