How do I stop daemonized OpenVPN connection?
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I started a VPN connection with sudo openvpn --daemon --config connection.ovpn. Is there a way to terminate this connection without using ps to search for the process and then kill it myself?
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I started a VPN connection with sudo openvpn --daemon --config connection.ovpn. Is there a way to terminate this connection without using ps to search for the process and then kill it myself?
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I started a VPN connection with sudo openvpn --daemon --config connection.ovpn. Is there a way to terminate this connection without using ps to search for the process and then kill it myself?
command-line openvpn daemon
asked Feb 17 at 4:35
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I started a VPN connection with sudo openvpn --daemon --config connection.ovpn. Is there a way to terminate this connection without using ps to search for the process and then kill it myself?
command-line openvpn daemon
asked Feb 17 at 4:35
d3vid
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asked Feb 17 at 4:35
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Since OpenVPN does not seem to offer any function of its own for this, you are probably looking for pkill <process-name>, which will search for all processes matching the given name, and kill them.
If you got multiple instances running, but would like to kill only a specific one, the -f option allows you to match against the full process-call including parameters, e.g. pkill -f "openvpn --config cpnnection.ovpn".
See the output from ps x or pgrep -lf <process-name> (same as pkill, but doesn't kill them, so essentially similar to ps | grep <name>) to find out with which parameters the daemon was started.
answered Feb 17 at 17:05
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No, you will need to kill the process. In fairness a daemon management script would do just that. You can use pgrep or pkill to make your life easier.
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2 Answers
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Since OpenVPN does not seem to offer any function of its own for this, you are probably looking for pkill <process-name>, which will search for all processes matching the given name, and kill them.
If you got multiple instances running, but would like to kill only a specific one, the -f option allows you to match against the full process-call including parameters, e.g. pkill -f "openvpn --config cpnnection.ovpn".
See the output from ps x or pgrep -lf <process-name> (same as pkill, but doesn't kill them, so essentially similar to ps | grep <name>) to find out with which parameters the daemon was started.
answered Feb 17 at 17:05
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Since OpenVPN does not seem to offer any function of its own for this, you are probably looking for pkill <process-name>, which will search for all processes matching the given name, and kill them.
If you got multiple instances running, but would like to kill only a specific one, the -f option allows you to match against the full process-call including parameters, e.g. pkill -f "openvpn --config cpnnection.ovpn".
See the output from ps x or pgrep -lf <process-name> (same as pkill, but doesn't kill them, so essentially similar to ps | grep <name>) to find out with which parameters the daemon was started.
answered Feb 17 at 17:05
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Since OpenVPN does not seem to offer any function of its own for this, you are probably looking for pkill <process-name>, which will search for all processes matching the given name, and kill them.
If you got multiple instances running, but would like to kill only a specific one, the -f option allows you to match against the full process-call including parameters, e.g. pkill -f "openvpn --config cpnnection.ovpn".
See the output from ps x or pgrep -lf <process-name> (same as pkill, but doesn't kill them, so essentially similar to ps | grep <name>) to find out with which parameters the daemon was started.
answered Feb 17 at 17:05
Folfy
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Since OpenVPN does not seem to offer any function of its own for this, you are probably looking for pkill <process-name>, which will search for all processes matching the given name, and kill them.
If you got multiple instances running, but would like to kill only a specific one, the -f option allows you to match against the full process-call including parameters, e.g. pkill -f "openvpn --config cpnnection.ovpn".
See the output from ps x or pgrep -lf <process-name> (same as pkill, but doesn't kill them, so essentially similar to ps | grep <name>) to find out with which parameters the daemon was started.
answered Feb 17 at 17:05
Folfy
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answered Feb 17 at 17:05
Folfy
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answered Feb 17 at 17:05
Folfy
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answered Feb 17 at 17:05
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No, you will need to kill the process. In fairness a daemon management script would do just that. You can use pgrep or pkill to make your life easier.
answered Feb 19 at 13:53
Pedro
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No, you will need to kill the process. In fairness a daemon management script would do just that. You can use pgrep or pkill to make your life easier.
answered Feb 19 at 13:53
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No, you will need to kill the process. In fairness a daemon management script would do just that. You can use pgrep or pkill to make your life easier.
answered Feb 19 at 13:53
Pedro
59429
No, you will need to kill the process. In fairness a daemon management script would do just that. You can use pgrep or pkill to make your life easier.
answered Feb 19 at 13:53
Pedro
59429
answered Feb 19 at 13:53
Pedro
59429
answered Feb 19 at 13:53
Pedro
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answered Feb 19 at 13:53
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