On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 3:57 PM, Thomas Woerner <twoerner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Paul, > > On 09/06/2016 01:53 PM, Paul Smith wrote: >> >> On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 12:03 PM, Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> I was able to connect to a vpn server (PPTP) with no difficulties. But >>>> now, I get always the following message: >>>> >>>> "VPN connection failed because service stopped". >>>> >>>> From a MS Windows machine, I can connect to the referred vpn server. >>>> >>>> Could someone please help me? >>> >>> >>> The following log may help you: >> >> >> The problem was related to the firewall, although I had not changed >> anything in the firewall. >> >> The following (done as root) fixed the problem: >> >> firewall-cmd --direct --add-rule ipv4 filter INPUT 0 -p gre -j ACCEPT >> firewall-cmd --direct --add-rule ipv6 filter INPUT 0 -p gre -j ACCEPT >> firewall-cmd --reload >> > You can simply duplicate the lines with the additional --permanent option, > then the change will be placed in the permanent environment. > > With a firewalld version >= 0.4.1 you can also enable the gre protocol in a > zone: > > firewall-cmd --add-protocol=gre [--permanent] [--zone=<zone>] > > This will then be added for IPv4 and IPv6. Without the --zone option, the > default zone will be used. Very neat, Thomas! Thanks! Paul -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
