On 22/05/15 20:36, Gert Doering wrote:
See trac #93 and the discussion starting with <555bf270.3090...@nikhef.nl>
on the openvpn-devel mailing list.
Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <g...@greenie.muc.de>
---
doc/openvpn.8 | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/openvpn.8 b/doc/openvpn.8
index b9eee0d..ef87bb7 100644
--- a/doc/openvpn.8
+++ b/doc/openvpn.8
@@ -1817,6 +1817,12 @@ has been specified, the up script will be called with
.I restart
as the last parameter.
+NOTE: on restart, OpenVPN will not pass the full set of environment
+variables to the script. Namely, everything related to routing and
+gateways will not be passed, as nothing needs to be done anyway - all
+the routing setup is already in place. Additionally, the up\-restart
+script will run with the downgraded UID/GID settings (if configured).
+
The following standalone example shows how the
.B \-\-up
script can be called in both an initialization and restart context.
ACK
JJK
