[SOLVED] native nordvpn app on MX linux

[galaxysurfer]

NP just found window of opportunity to kill 2 birds with one stone so to speak. I had asked about sagetv already in another thread but no response. I guess I just like to be unique - use alot of not commonly adopted pkgs in Mx Linux. lol or hardware for that matter.

[jim8085]

code needs some tweaking since it seems to be affecting my login to this forum not just the nordvpn.

I did not have this issue. But I was testing with a live USB, MX18.2 64 bit.
Jim

[galaxysurfer]

Maybe am combining 2 unrelated issues? I just noticed when i signed off of nordvpn in terminal i was signed out of mxlinux forum too.

Maybe bumped a key by mistake? Sometimes my laptop is possessed by gremlins! lol darn those gremlins.

[jim8085]

Test results for me are the same as post 25-31.
This DID work for me ... nordvpn set cybersec on or off - Enable or disable CyberSec
Really every command I tried worked. To select the city you have to already know the server number,
nordvpn connect ca327 will connect you to Vancouver Canada
nordvpn connect us361 will connect you to Seattle WA

You used to be able to find a list of servers on NordVPN, but I couldn't find it, now there is a "choose the best one app".
https://www.reddit.com/r/nordvpn/commen ... ity_state/


Here is the list of available commands:

nordvpn login - Log in.
nordvpn connect or nordvpn c - Connect to VPN. To connect to specific servers, use nordvpn connect <country_code server_number> (eg. nordvpn connect uk715)
nordvpn disconnect or nordvpn d - Disconnect from VPN.

nordvpn set or nordvpn s - Set a configuration option. Possible options:
nordvpn set cybersec on or off - Enable or disable CyberSec
nordvpn set killswitch on or off - Enable or disable Kill Switch
nordvpn set autoconnect on or off - Enable or disable Autoconnect
nordvpn set protocol udp or tcp - Switch between UDP and TCP protocols
nordvpn set obfuscate on or off - Enable or disable Obfuscated Servers.

nordvpn whitelist add port 22 - Open incoming port 22 (the port number can be different)
nordvpn whitelist remove port 22 - Remove the rule added with the above command
nordvpn settings - See the current settings.
nordvpn status - See the connection status.
nordvpn countries - See the country list.
nordvpn cities - See the city list.
nordvpn groups - See a list of available server groups.
nordvpn logout - Log out.
nordvpn help or nordvpn h - See the list of commands or help for one command.

Thanks for the work , Jim

[galaxysurfer]

i agree with your post on most items. I did figure out ability to specify which server to connect to. I'm still having issues with cybersec. maybe because I have vpn running through router in the background?

[galaxysurfer]

I think they stopped the list so they could stay ahead of the server blacklisting. If it isn't so handy to access then there is less likely to be overload on specific servers that flags the system.

[galaxysurfer]

I will reverse my install & try again through modified init.d file

[fehlix]

Please find attached a tar file init script for nordvpn-daemon and a user-daemon starter:
To show content of the tar file:

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tar -tzf nord-vpn-init.tgz 
etc/xdg/autostart/nordvpn-user-daemon.desktop
etc/init.d/nordvpns

Do this after having installed latest nordvpn.
Download the tar file and open terminal within the download directory:
Extract the tar file as such:

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sudo tar -C / -xzvf ./nord-vpn-init.tgz 

Do enable the nordvpn system-daemon init-service

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sudo  update-rc.d nordvpns defaults

Start nordvpn system-daemon

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sudo service nordvpns start

To enable nordvpn user-daemon logout and login.
HTH

[tadream]

Thanks, working

[ludolph]

Please find attached a tar file init script for nordvpn-daemon and a user-daemon starter

Thanks a lot!!! This is the real community support and main reason why is MX Linux so perfect distro!

Is there any progress regarding proposed communication with nordvpn native app developers to add sysVinit support back? My personal communication via nordvpn client support channel is not much optimistic. They claim that sysVinit support is out of scope for their future development.

And finally, is there any chance to put modified version of nordvpn native app (compatible with sysVinit) to MX Test repo?