BleepingComputer.com: VPN what to do ? confused and frustrated

Im trying to use my vpn on backtrack 5 the directions are >


Command-line based start:

1. Install openvpn package by using apt-get install openvpn
2. Extract anonine_openvpn.zip (download here) into /home/<USERNAME>/openvpn directory
3. Start connection with:
sudo openvpn --client --config $HOME/openvpn/anonine.ovpn --ca $HOME/openvpn/anonine.ca.crt
4. Enter username
5. Enter password


step one* is done openvpn was already installed

step two* Ive downloaded the Zip but i can not figure out where to stick it ...

can anyone help with step by step direction PLEASE! ive been going at it for 2 hours already and im about to throw my computer out the window

I thought I had it right but i keep getting this message > Options error: In [CMD-LINE]:1: Error opening configuration file: /root/openvpn/anonine.ovpn
Use --help for more information.

When you say that you've downloaded it by can't figure out where to stick it...do you mean that you're not sure how to extract it to where it says?

Easiest way, first move the zip file to where the instructions say to put it, in /home/<USERNAME>/openvpn/

Then in terminal do these two commands.

cd /home/<USERNAME>/openvpn

unzip anonine_openvpn.zip

Then maybe the other command will work.

I think your problem is in step 3. You are running the command with sudo which causes it to look in the /root directory and of course the file isn't there. Try running it without the sudo preface. If that doesn't work, try substituting the actual path instead of $HOME. Like this

openvpn --client --config /home/<username>/openvpn/anonine.ovpn --ca /home/<username>/openvpn/anonine.ca.crt

She actually probably has to cd into the directory and then run sudo ./openvpn...etc. etc.