[RESOLVED] Remotely disable kill switch Ubuntu 14
I do not have local physical access, but I do have remote power/reboot.
I signed into my remote computer and saw that the VPN was no longer connected. (Red PIA icon).
I've successfully used the kill switch in the past but thought I no longer needed it. It has been a looooong time since PIA had crashed on me.
With the kill switch now active I have no remote access once I log into the machine, the kill switch is killing connection/keeping me out.
If I force reboot the machine, I can ping and ssh to the computer before logging in.
Is there a way I can remove the kill switch prior to logging in?
To disable it.
I signed into my remote computer and saw that the VPN was no longer connected. (Red PIA icon).
I've successfully used the kill switch in the past but thought I no longer needed it. It has been a looooong time since PIA had crashed on me.
With the kill switch now active I have no remote access once I log into the machine, the kill switch is killing connection/keeping me out.
If I force reboot the machine, I can ping and ssh to the computer before logging in.
Is there a way I can remove the kill switch prior to logging in?
To disable it.
Comments
Will it turn off kill switch and get me working again?
sftp://REMOTE//home/local/.pia_manager/data/killswitch_state.json
{"killswitch":true,"killswitch_iptables_on":true}
change to:
{"killswitch":false,"killswitch_iptables_on":false}
or??
{"killswitch":false,"killswitch_iptables_on":false}
Does NOT work, I had full access for a little while longer (extra 15 seconds) after making those changes, but the kill switch is still active it seems.
[RESOLVED]
Just uninstalled PIA completely
rm -rf ~/.pia_manager/
Reboot, able to log in fine.
Reinstall, forget about kill switch.