Disable OpenVPN from caching username

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vs2015sv
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Disable OpenVPN from caching username

Post by vs2015sv » Thu Mar 30, 2017 6:33 pm

Is it possible to disable OpenVPN from caching the username in the latest version?

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Re: Disable OpenVPN from caching username

Post by TinCanTech » Thu Mar 30, 2017 9:16 pm


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Re: Disable OpenVPN from caching username

Post by Pippin » Thu Mar 30, 2017 9:26 pm

Could --auth-nocache be an option?
"this directive will cause OpenVPN to immediately forget username/password inputs after they are used"
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/w ... n24ManPage

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Re: Disable OpenVPN from caching username

Post by TinCanTech » Thu Mar 30, 2017 9:29 pm

Unfortunately, that only effects the openvpn.exe process .. not the openvpn-GUI.exe process ..

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