Added basic checks and the ability to stop the VPN

README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Very basic openvpn-client management script.
+
+Note this is bad and I do feel bad.

vpnnew.sh

@@ -1,15 +1,35 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
+   echo "This script must be run as root"
+   exit 1
+fi
+
 tmpfile="/tmp/connectedto"
 vpnconfpath="/etc/openvpn/client"
 
+function helpertext () {
+echo "VPN Manager Help Text"
+echo "When connected yo have the following options"
+echo "stop - This stopps the VPN connection"
+}
+
 function weAreConnected () {
 if [ -f $tmpfile ]
 then
   echo "We are connected to `cat $tmpfile`"
-  if [[ $1 == "stop" ]]
+#  if [[ $1 == "stop" ]]
-  then
+#  then
+#    systemctl stop openvpn-client@`cat $tmpfile`
+#  fi
+
+case $1 in
+  "stop")
+    echo "Stopping VPN Connection"
     systemctl stop openvpn-client@`cat $tmpfile`
-  fi
+    ;;
+  *)
+    helpertext
+esac
 fi
 
 }
@@ -17,7 +37,7 @@ fi
 ## Check for tunnel device to see if we are connected
 if [ -d /sys/class/net/tun0 ]
 then
-  weAreConnected
+  weAreConnected $1
 else
   connected=0
 fi