[Freedombox-discuss] OpenVPN Installation on Beagle Bone Black locks out web access

[Steven Ng]

Thanks Sunil,
I've been able to recreate the problem in VirtualBox and will see if I can gather more information.


Steven

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On Monday, January 14, 2019 9:04 PM, Sunil Mohan Adapa <sunil at medhas.org> wrote:

> On 14/01/19 2:42 pm, Steven Ng wrote:
> [...]
>
> > 2019-01-10 23:00:26 ERROR: COMMAND_FAILED: '/sbin/ip6tables-restore -w
> > -n' failed:
> > ip6tables-restore v1.8.2 (nf_tables):
> > line 4: RULE_REPLACE failed (No such file or directory): rule in chain INPUT
> > line 4: RULE_REPLACE failed (No such file or directory): rule in chain
> > OUTPUT
>
> Errors with ip?tables-restore commands happen when FreedomBox is setting
> up for the first time and switching firewalld to nftables. This is a
> known issue in iptables-restore while providing compatibility for
> iptables running on nftables. We have implemented a workaround that
> should be available in testing in a few days. A simple restart of the
> system after the completion of the initial setup is sufficient for this.
>
> The nftables error messages 4 days later in your logs are more serious.
> These could be upstream bugs in firewalld/nftables. We are tracking a
> similar issue[1]. It would be a great help if more information on this
> issue leads to a bug report in an upstream project.
>
> Links:
>
> 1.  https://salsa.debian.org/freedombox-team/plinth/issues/1438
>
>     --
>     Sunil
>