[Pkg-systemd-maintainers] Bug#700888: Can't start OpenVPN using ifupdown when running systemd

[Michael Biebl]

Am 17.03.2014 17:55, schrieb Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta:
> On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 02:23:47AM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 12:29:49PM +0100, Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta wrote:
>>> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 12:26:40PM +0100, Sylvestre Ledru wrote:
>>>> Hello
>>>>
>>>> Any eta on this bug ? Since systemd will be the default for Debian
>>>> Jessie, it would be nice to see it fixed.
>>>
>>> Hi Sylvestre,
>>>
>>> The bug page is open on my browser since yesterday and I'm working on it
>>> now. I have to test my changes won't break sysV installs. Hope to have
>>> it really soon (tm).
> 
> Hi there,
> 
>> Afaics there a few issues:
>> - The existence of /bin/systemctl doesn't mean that systemd is active /
>>   PID 1. If you want to check if systemd is running, use something like
>>   [ -d /run/systemd/system ]
> 
> Done, changed the test. Thanks for the pointer.
> 
>> - The native .systemd service file and the LSB/SysV init script name do
>>   not match openvpn vs. openvpn at .service.
>>   This means, during boot systemd will start the old LSB/SysV init
>>   script.
> 
> This is intentional. The functionality the old initscript provides
> (start a daemon for each VPN configuration file) cannot be reproduced
> with a .service file AFAIK.

The generator I mentioned and maybe a openvpn.target, would be one idea.

 The openvpn at .service is used to replace the
> ability of the old init script to start a single VPN (as it allowed
> additional params after start/stop), also used by the openvpn option for
> network/interfaces declarations.

Well, what happens if you start a tunnel via an if-up.d hook and you use
AUTOSTART=all? Is that configuration forbidden?

Because if not, the if-up.d hook will start a systemd instance service,
and /etc/init.d/openvpn stop will kill that tunnel afaics *not* using
systemctl. I.e. the openvpn at foo.service will be in a failed state.




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