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Dear all,
I use Viscosity on el Capitan and until yesterday it worked perfectly. I don't know what I did but I can't connect anymore to my providers, even with an other app.
This is the following log that I have :
Nov 08 11:47:39: Viscosity Mac 1.5.11 (1314)
Nov 08 11:47:39: Viscosity OpenVPN Engine Started
Nov 08 11:47:39: Running on Mac OS X 10.11.1
Nov 08 11:47:39: ---------
Nov 08 11:47:39: Vérification du statut d'accessibilité de la connexion ...
Nov 08 11:47:40: La connexion est accessible. Tentative de démarrage de la connexion.
Nov 08 11:47:40: Options error: Temporary directory (--tmp-dir) fails with '/tmp': No such file or directory
Nov 08 11:47:40: Options error: Please correct these errors.
It seems that there is a "/tmp" file problem but I don't know what to do to repair or restore this file.
Do you have any idea?
Thanks a lot for your help.
micka
I use Viscosity on el Capitan and until yesterday it worked perfectly. I don't know what I did but I can't connect anymore to my providers, even with an other app.
This is the following log that I have :
Nov 08 11:47:39: Viscosity Mac 1.5.11 (1314)
Nov 08 11:47:39: Viscosity OpenVPN Engine Started
Nov 08 11:47:39: Running on Mac OS X 10.11.1
Nov 08 11:47:39: ---------
Nov 08 11:47:39: Vérification du statut d'accessibilité de la connexion ...
Nov 08 11:47:40: La connexion est accessible. Tentative de démarrage de la connexion.
Nov 08 11:47:40: Options error: Temporary directory (--tmp-dir) fails with '/tmp': No such file or directory
Nov 08 11:47:40: Options error: Please correct these errors.
It seems that there is a "/tmp" file problem but I don't know what to do to repair or restore this file.
Do you have any idea?
Thanks a lot for your help.
micka
Hi micka,
Try editing your connection in Viscosity, clicking on the Advanced tab, and removing the line with the "tmp-dir" command from the advanced commands area. Click Save and try connecting.
Cheers,
James
Try editing your connection in Viscosity, clicking on the Advanced tab, and removing the line with the "tmp-dir" command from the advanced commands area. Click Save and try connecting.
Cheers,
James
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Seeing this error and do not have tmp-dir in my advanced config.
2018-05-03 08:43:32: Viscosity Mac 1.7.9 (1450)
2018-05-03 08:43:32: Viscosity OpenVPN Engine Started
2018-05-03 08:43:32: Running on macOS 10.13.4
2018-05-03 08:43:32: ---------
2018-05-03 08:43:32: State changed to Connecting
2018-05-03 08:43:32: Checking reachability status of connection...
2018-05-03 08:43:32: Connection is reachable. Starting connection attempt.
2018-05-03 08:43:32: Note: option tun-ipv6 is ignored because modern operating systems do not need special IPv6 tun handling anymore.
2018-05-03 08:43:32: Options error: Temporary directory (--tmp-dir) fails with '/tmp': Permission denied (errno=13)
2018-05-03 08:43:32: Options error: Please correct these errors.
2018-05-03 08:43:33: The OpenVPN subsystem could not be started.
2018-05-03 08:43:33: State changed to Disconnected
2018-05-03 08:43:32: Viscosity Mac 1.7.9 (1450)
2018-05-03 08:43:32: Viscosity OpenVPN Engine Started
2018-05-03 08:43:32: Running on macOS 10.13.4
2018-05-03 08:43:32: ---------
2018-05-03 08:43:32: State changed to Connecting
2018-05-03 08:43:32: Checking reachability status of connection...
2018-05-03 08:43:32: Connection is reachable. Starting connection attempt.
2018-05-03 08:43:32: Note: option tun-ipv6 is ignored because modern operating systems do not need special IPv6 tun handling anymore.
2018-05-03 08:43:32: Options error: Temporary directory (--tmp-dir) fails with '/tmp': Permission denied (errno=13)
2018-05-03 08:43:32: Options error: Please correct these errors.
2018-05-03 08:43:33: The OpenVPN subsystem could not be started.
2018-05-03 08:43:33: State changed to Disconnected
Hi andharris,
The error likely means that the permissions on your computer’s global temporary directory are incorrect. Please try running the following commands from the Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal) to set the directory to the correct permissions and see if it resolves the issue:
James
The error likely means that the permissions on your computer’s global temporary directory are incorrect. Please try running the following commands from the Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal) to set the directory to the correct permissions and see if it resolves the issue:
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Cheers,sudo chown root:wheel /private/tmp
sudo chmod 1777 /private/tmp
James
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