Error calling protect() method on socket, MacOS 12.4, OpenVPN Connect 3.3.6

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I just experience this issue and couldn’t get it to work.

I got the following error when running step 1:

Unload failed: 5: Input/output error
Try running `launchctl bootout` as root for richer errors.

I don’t even have the /Library/LaunchDaemons folder

What worked for me was to open Settings > General > Login Items > Allow in background where the OpenVPN Client got disabled. Probably after a system update.

After re-enabling the OpenVPN Clientit worked again (source for the fix)

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Glad to see you got it figured out!

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I’m having the same issue (now on macOS 13.0.1) and when running the first line of code I get “Unload failed: 113: Could not find specified service”.

Any ideas?

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Thank you very much! Helped me.

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This fixed it for me, thank you so much

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Thanks, this fixed it!

It made me fucking mad lol. I was able to connect same VPN from my iPhone but not from Mac in same network.

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May God bless you brother u/Competitive-Call7183. This fixed my issue in Ventura 13.3.1. Thank you soo much. :grinning_face::grinning_face::grinning_face:

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Worked for me as well

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Jeeeeeez!!! It worked, during the last month I uninstalled and installed OVPN over 500 times.

Greatest regards!

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Would the above solution work for Windows 11?

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Works well even for 10.15.7 Catalina

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Step 3 worked for me. Thank you!

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Hello! Can you help me please, I’m seeing this worked for some people, but I’m not sure how to do this - I’m not too techy, can you please help me with a step by step? Where should I put these codes? Thank you!!

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thanks it worked … (steps 3 and 4) !

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Thanks a lot!
It worked for me as well, even without rebooting the laptop.

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Thank you! I was stressing out as I lost access to my office network. Thank you so very much.

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Thank you! Saved me so much time. Hope you have a great day.

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ps auxww | grep ovpnagent

Thanks man! worked.

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Same here, this is exactly what happened to me as well. As you mentioned, re-enabling it resolved the issue. Thanks.

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thiss!!! It worked for me also! :slight_smile: