OpenVPN install - string too long error

[LAD29]

Hi,

I'm running Kubuntu 10.04 and am trying to install OpenVPN as per the instructions here:-

https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/server...C/openvpn.html

However, when I try enter the following I just get a continuous "string is too long, it needs to be less than 40 bytes long" message.

./pkitool --initca

I've had a look around in the forum and in google and can find a reference to this problem with 9.x but from what I can see this has supposedly been fixed for v10.04.

Is there some sort of workaround I can apply to get this to work?

Cheers.

[LAD29]

Update:-

Possibly solved. Tried another OpenVPN server install on a different server. This step worked fine, main difference being I used a different shorter email address in the vars file.

Tried a shorter email in the vars file on the problem install and this time the "string is too long...." error didn't occur.

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[LAD29]

OK, have my openvpn server set up with certificates etc.

Now I get stuck - Basically, I have a kubuntu server sat on a LAN behind a router. I want to be able to tunnel through the router to OpenVPN on the kubuntu server so I can access the LAN.

Where I'm getting unsure is with all the refences to bridging.... I'm stuck here. Can someone just tell me if bridging is what I need to set up for this scenario or is it routing?

Cheers.