Package Details: cyberghostvpn 1.4.1-11

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/cyberghostvpn.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: cyberghostvpn
Description: CyberGhost VPN
Upstream URL: https://www.cyberghostvpn.com
Licenses: custom:cyberghostvpn
Submitter: safeith
Maintainer: moormaster
Last Packager: moormaster
Votes: 10
Popularity: 0.195968
First Submitted: 2021-02-18 20:46 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2024-08-09 19:33 (UTC)

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moormaster commented on 2024-08-09 22:32 (UTC) (edited on 2024-08-09 22:33 (UTC) by moormaster)

The problems connecting to openvpn are unrelated to the kernel version. They occur if one uses the updated default /etc/sudoers content.

There has been an update recently: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/sudo/-/commit/4791df5c3deb6355e6a1fe0b40a13ef27ad060b0

that changes

# Defaults secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"

to

Defaults secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"

Activating the secure_path setting will prevent cyberghostvpn from running the /usr/local/cyberghost/openvpn wrapper. This means the original /usr/bin/openvpn wrapper gets called with the unsupported --ncp-disable parameter again - and fails.

To make cyberghostvpn work again with openvpn

a) either comment out the Defaults secure_path=... line in /etc/sudoers again

b) or add /usr/local/cyberghost to the beginning of that line

/etc/sudoers

Defaults secure_path="/usr/local/cyberghost:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"

c) or downgrade openvpn to <2.6 - that makes it support the --ncp-disable command line parameter again

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moormaster commented on 2024-08-09 22:32 (UTC) (edited on 2024-08-09 22:33 (UTC) by moormaster)

The problems connecting to openvpn are unrelated to the kernel version. They occur if one uses the updated default /etc/sudoers content.

There has been an update recently: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/sudo/-/commit/4791df5c3deb6355e6a1fe0b40a13ef27ad060b0

that changes

# Defaults secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"

to

Defaults secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"

Activating the secure_path setting will prevent cyberghostvpn from running the /usr/local/cyberghost/openvpn wrapper. This means the original /usr/bin/openvpn wrapper gets called with the unsupported --ncp-disable parameter again - and fails.

To make cyberghostvpn work again with openvpn

a) either comment out the Defaults secure_path=... line in /etc/sudoers again

b) or add /usr/local/cyberghost to the beginning of that line

/etc/sudoers

Defaults secure_path="/usr/local/cyberghost:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"

c) or downgrade openvpn to <2.6 - that makes it support the --ncp-disable command line parameter again

moormaster commented on 2024-08-03 13:09 (UTC)

In my observation the kernel cannot be the problem here. Even if I install the cyberghostvpn client on an ubuntu 22.04 system and upgrade its kernel to the mainline version 6.10.3 cyberghostvpn is still able to connect - same behaviour as on my arch machine:

$ sudo cyberghostvpn --openvpn --country-code RU --connect
Prepare OpenVPN connection ...
Select server ... moscow-s409-i04
Connecting ... 
VPN connection established.
$ curl http://ip-api.com/json
{"status":"success","country":"Russia","countryCode":"RU","region":"MOW","regionName":"Moscow","city":"Moscow","zip":"","lat":55.7929,"lon":37.4845,"timezone":"Europe/Moscow","isp":"M247 Europe SRL","org":"M247 Ltd Moscow","as":"AS9009 M247 Europe SRL","query":"146.70.52.246"}
$ uname -r
6.10.3-061003-generic

moormaster commented on 2024-08-03 11:55 (UTC)

Since the cyberghostvpn client is closed source people at cyberghostvpn are the only ones being able to fix or analyse problems regarding their client. Submitting log files containing the openvpn error messages to the cyberghostvpn support is the only way - there is nothing that can be fixed on the packaging side.

nathrazeth commented on 2024-08-03 10:06 (UTC) 

$ uname -r
6.9.10-arch1-1
$ sudo cyberghostvpn --torrent --openvpn --server-type torrent --country-code CA --connect
Perform authentication ...
Prepare OpenVPN connection ...
Select server ... montreal-s433-i23
Connecting ... 
An error occured! The VPN connection failed!

I would normally contact cyberghostvpn's support when they break their linux package, but when they broke wireguard connecting in mid 2023 they were most rude Needless to say, I am also affected by this, downgrading kernel to 6.9.10-arch1-1 did not provide an easy fix.

VanKurt commented on 2024-07-28 18:46 (UTC)

Same problem here: I just updated to the 6.10 kernel, now cyberghost won't connect anymore:

sudo cyberghostvpn --country-code BY --connect
Prepare OpenVPN connection ...
Select server ... minsk-s403-i06
Connecting ... 
An error occured! The VPN connection failed!

I tried to uninstall/reinstall, run a fresh --setup but nothing seems to help.

moormaster commented on 2024-07-27 11:09 (UTC)

I cannot reproduce it - openvpn connections are working fine for me on on ArchLinux using kernel 6.10.1:

$ uname -r
6.10.1-arch1-1

$ sudo cyberghostvpn --openvpn --country-code RU --connect
Prepare OpenVPN connection ...
Select server ... moscow-s407-i01
Connecting ... 
VPN connection established.

$ curl http://ip-api.com/json/
{"status":"success","country":"Russia","countryCode":"RU","region":"MOW","regionName":"Moscow","city":"Moscow","zip":"","lat":55.7929,"lon":37.4845,"timezone":"Europe/Moscow","isp":"M247 Europe SRL","org":"M247 Ltd Moscow","as":"AS9009 M247 Europe SRL","query":"146.70.52.211"}

xslushedx commented on 2024-07-27 10:31 (UTC)

Hi ! I've been using this tool for a long time without any problems, but since the last kernel update to version 6.10.1.arch1-1, no openvpn connection can be established. I only get the following message: An error occurred! The VPN connection failed! I use EndeavorOS. It worked with the kernel 6.9.9.arch1-1.

joethelion commented on 2023-12-09 15:19 (UTC)

Thanks! All works well. Cyberghost passwords with $ are not accepted, it appears.

moormaster commented on 2023-12-04 19:07 (UTC)

This works for me:

$ rm -rf ~/.cyberghost
$ sudo cyberghostvpn --setup
Setup account ...
Enter CyberGhost username and press [ENTER]: 
Enter CyberGhost password and press [ENTER]: 
Perform authentication ...
Creating a new device ...
Install completed ...
$ sudo cyberghostvpn --country-code US --connect
Prepare OpenVPN connection ...
Select server ... lasvegas-s412-i06
Connecting ... 
VPN connection established.

Your console looks like you have killed the sudo cyberghostvpn --setup process when it was asking you if it should overwrite the (empty) config.ini. Pressing 'Y' and hitting enter should have gotten you to the next question of the setup. What exactly did not work for you?

MaoTse-Tung commented on 2023-12-04 08:05 (UTC) (edited on 2023-12-04 09:43 (UTC) by MaoTse-Tung)

Package built for me, I'm using Endeavour as my fist experience with an Arch distro. While it did build, seems that it may have skilled the install.sh where I am assuming that the configuration .ini was populated

$ mkdir ~/.cyberghost; touch ~/.cyberghost/config.ini # This was pointless
$ sudo cyberghostvpn --setup
> Do you want to override the original configuration file? [Y/n]: Y^C # This also did not work
$ rm -fr ~/.cyberghost; sudo /usr/local/cyberghost/wrapper/cyberghostvpn_wrapper --setup
> Enter CyberGhost username and press [ENTER]: GeorgeWBush@onlyfans.live
> Enter CyberGhost password and press [ENTER]: DickCheneyIsSexy696969
> Perform authentication ...
> Creating a new device ...
> Install completed ...

Not extremely annoying to fix.

CLI is pulling endpoints, I haven't set a connection yet though.

$ cyberghostvpn --country-code
> +-----+----------------------+--------------+
> | No. |     Country Name     | Country Code |
> +-----+----------------------+--------------+
> |  1  |       Andorra        |      AD      |
> |  2  | United Arab Emirates |      AE      |
> |  3  |       Albania        |      AL      |
>  . . .   .   . . .   .   . . .   .   . . .

i am now in Uruguay. Great success.

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