Hi, The Fedora OpenVPN package starts/stops all VPN connections together via a single init script. The classical way of handling interfaces in Red Hat / Fedora distros is to support new interface types via ifup/ifdown scripts. This is also the way it worked in the past for CIPE. In some situations this is a much better way to control your connections (i.e. being able to start/stop them separately). I see in <http://openvpn.net/archive/openvpn-devel/2004-11/msg00042.html> that some work on this has already been done in this area. My questions: - Is there a technical reason to not handle OpenVPN connections this way in Fedora or is it just that it was decided to stay more close to the generic OpenVPN startup script? - Does anyone know of recent work in this area? I guess the example scripts in the thread I listed above might not work as-is with the current Fedora and OpenVPN versions. - Is there any interest in including (and maintaining) this in Fedora's OpenVPN package, maybe just as an alternative startup method, assuming someone wants to contribute the initial implementation? Thanks, -- -- Jos Vos <jos@xxxxxx> -- X/OS Experts in Open Systems BV | Phone: +31 20 6938364 -- Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Fax: +31 20 6948204 -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
