Bug 922786 - New directory for openvpn variable data /var/lib/openvpn/ request
Summary: New directory for openvpn variable data /var/lib/openvpn/ request
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora EPEL
Classification: Fedora
Component: openvpn
Version: el6
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Steven Pritchard
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: 922732
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-03-18 13:59 UTC by Michal Bruncko
Modified: 2017-05-16 13:55 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: openvpn-2.4.2-2.el7
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2017-05-16 13:55:00 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Michal Bruncko 2013-03-18 13:59:06 UTC
Description of problem:
Currently there is no default directory for variable data (needing RW access by openvpn daemon) exist within openpvn package. Currently there is only /etc/openvpn/ directory available for this purpose, but this is not omnipotent.
Reasons for standalone directory for variable data:
- can be easily used for chroot environment than /etc/openvpn/
- there are lot of different files that needs to have its own store (and not /etc/openvpn) like: persistent IP pools, per-user configuration, openvpn scripts (and all those files needs to be accessible also when the openvpn is running with chroot parameter)

In general /var/lib/openvpn can be used for those purposes (and it is also often used as I can see within various openvpn discussions/forums). 

And why I am requesting this officially? Because I am using openvpn on SELinux enabled host and by default openpvn daemon is unable to write to /var/lib/openvpn because of missing correct SELinux context. I've also open bugreport for SELinux for fixing security context for this directory and then we found that /var/lib/openvpn is not included officially within openvpn package. 

Is there any chance to include this directory within openvpn package?

thanks

Comment 1 Michal Bruncko 2013-04-15 22:05:05 UTC
Hello
any chance to move this forward (if possible)?
many thanks

Comment 2 Piotr Dobrogost 2017-01-30 13:06:09 UTC
This bug is marked as blocking at https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/openvpn/bugs

What does it block? What's the status?

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2017-05-11 21:30:24 UTC
openvpn-2.4.2-2.el7 has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 7. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2017-c9f915d837

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2017-05-12 19:56:25 UTC
openvpn-2.4.2-2.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2017-c9f915d837

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2017-05-16 13:55:00 UTC
openvpn-2.4.2-2.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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