> From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org On Behalf Of Kyle Hamilton
> Sent: Sunday, 03 May, 2009 20:06

> You need to "mkdir -p /etc/openvpn/keys; echo 1 > 
> /etc/openvpn/keys/index.txt".  This needs to be done as root.
> 
Not quite. index.txt can and should be empty.
serial must contain a valid hex number e.g. 01

> Otherwise, you need to change the "dir=/etc/openvpn/keys" 
> line to a directory that you have write access to, then 'echo 
> 1 > index.txt' in that directory.
> 
In which case it would make sense to move the other files 
(ca.key,crt; server.*; etc.) as well. That depends on whether 
you want/need this installation to be 'systemwide'. I would think 
that a VPN package usually would be, although not necessarily.

> -Kyle H
> 
> On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 2:52 PM, David Touzeau 
> <da...@touzeau.eu> wrote:
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