OPENvpn client for windows not working [SOLVED]

[froggy]

Hi,

First of all apologies for all the picture but I want to visualize the steps I took to install the openvpn server and creation of the certificates and followed by installation of the openvpn server and addition of clients. I tried to give you all the information to solve this issue.

I installed the latest version of ebox and the ebox component dialogs gives me that I installed for all components the latest version.

OpenVPN server module     0.11.102-0ubuntu1~ppa1 
eBox - Certificate Authority Manager for eBox     0.11.101-0ubuntu1~ppa1


I installed the vpn and I think it is running on the ebox


I also created the certificates in thew openvpn dialog see below



Created three certificates one the CA one for the openvpn server and one for the user.



I downloaded the certificate from the open vpn server dialog using the arrow



And downloaded everything from the openvpn dialog download see below:



Installed the openvpn client and the key certificates in the openvpn/config directory. However when I try to connect I get the following error:

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Mon Aug 25 21:33:34 2008 OpenVPN 2.0.9 Win32-MinGW [SSL] [LZO] built on Oct  1 2006
Mon Aug 25 21:33:34 2008 IMPORTANT: OpenVPN's default port number is now 1194, based on an official port number assignment by IANA.  OpenVPN 2.0-beta16 and earlier used 5000 as the default port.
Mon Aug 25 21:33:34 2008 Cannot load certificate file '8E6201266A465B71.pem': error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or directory: error:20074002:BIO routines:FILE_CTRL:system lib: error:140AD002:SSL routines:SSL_CTX_use_certificate_file:system lib
Mon Aug 25 21:33:34 2008 Exiting

The config likes this:

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##############################################
# Sample client-side OpenVPN 2.0 config file #
# for connecting to multi-client server.     #
#                                            #
# This configuration can be used by multiple #
# clients, however each client should have   #
# its own cert and key files.                #
#                                            #
# On Windows, you might want to rename this  #
# file so it has a .ovpn extension           #
##############################################

# Specify that we are a client and that we
# will be pulling certain config file directives
# from the server.
client

# Use the same setting as you are using on
# the server.
# On most systems, the VPN will not function
# unless you partially or fully disable
# the firewall for the TUN/TAP interface.
dev tap

# Windows needs the TAP-Win32 adapter name
# from the Network Connections panel
# if you have more than one.  On XP SP2,
# you may need to disable the firewall
# for the TAP adapter.

# Are we connecting to a TCP or
# UDP server?  Use the same setting as
# on the server.
proto udp

# The hostname/IP and port of the server.
# You can have multiple remote entries
# to load balance between the servers.
remote  192.168.0.109 1194

# Choose a random host from the remote
# list for load-balancing.  Otherwise
# try hosts in the order specified.
remote-random

# Keep trying indefinitely to resolve the
# host name of the OpenVPN server.  Very useful
# on machines which are not permanently connected
# to the internet such as laptops.
resolv-retry infinite

# Most clients don't need to bind to
# a specific local port number.
nobind




# Try to preserve some state across restarts.
persist-key
persist-tun

# If you are connecting through an
# HTTP proxy to reach the actual OpenVPN
# server, put the proxy server/IP and
# port number here.  See the man page
# if your proxy server requires
# authentication.
;http-proxy-retry # retry on connection failures
;http-proxy [proxy server] [proxy port #]

# Wireless networks often produce a lot
# of duplicate packets.  Set this flag
# to silence duplicate packet warnings.
;mute-replay-warnings

# SSL/TLS parms.
# See the server config file for more
# description.  It's best to use
# a separate .crt/.key file pair
# for each client.  A single ca
# file can be used for all clients.
ca   'cacert.pem'
cert '8E6201266A465B71.pem'
key  'richard.pem'

# Verify server certificate by common name
   tls-remote nfcopenvpn


# Verify server certificate by checking
# that the certicate has the nsCertType
# field set to "server".  This is an
# important precaution to protect against
# a potential attack discussed here:
#  http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm
#
# To use this feature, you will need to generate
# your server certificates with the nsCertType
# field set to "server".  The build-key-server
# script in the easy-rsa folder will do this.
;ns-cert-type server

# If a tls-auth key is used on the server
# then every client must also have the key.
;tls-auth ta.key 1

# Select a cryptographic cipher.
# If the cipher option is used on the server
# then you must also specify it here.
;cipher x

# Enable compression on the VPN link.
# Don't enable this unless it is also
# enabled in the server config file.
comp-lzo

# Set log file verbosity.
verb 3

# Silence repeating messages
;mute 20
Any one have a clue what  I did wrong? I googled for 3 days now and can't find the cause. I also added the directory with double backslash to poitn out the directory where the certificates are stored. This didn't help also.

[Javier Amor Garcia]

Ok, the problem is only in the windows client's side.

Try to remove the quotes around the file names, the quotes thaven't caused me never any trouble but a few people reported that they ought  to remove them.

[froggy]

Javier thank you and I should have to read the forum better, because the solution was posted in tips and tricks. For me not the most logical place to look  But any way thank you for the support.

Richard