Settings clarification, down script

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On an openvpn client when does the down script actually run? I mean, if the connection is dropped the client will try to reconnect does the script get run then or does the script run after x reconnect attempts and the tunnel goes down completely?

I am also using "auth-user-pass /opt/tmp/user.conf". The password for the vpn service being used changes periodically and I have a script which runs to update the file and I am wondering about the best place to put this script to ensure the tunnel stays up including when the password has been changed. I have it in the down script at the moment, does the tunnel try to reconnect after the down script is run or should I put a service restart command in after the password update? How will cached password interfere with this?

Many thanks.

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Cheers.

1. At this point, does the tunnel automatically try to reconnect again or does it then have to be reconnected manually therefore re-reading the config file, username/password and re-running any up scripts ?

2. Would it be viable to put service start_vpnclient in the down script so it automatically trys reconnect?

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Thanks. I believe my config is setup to keep retrying.

In this scenario what happens if the vpn server that I am connected to changes the password of the connected account and my auth-user password file is updated accordingly. Will the new password be read from the file or will the vpnclient keep trying the cached password?

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Soz Deb.

daemon
client
dev tun11
proto tcp-client
remote {Removed for Privacy}.co.uk 443
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
comp-lzo adaptive
cipher AES-128-CBC
verb 3
ca ca.crt
cert client.crt
key client.key
auth-user-pass up
status-version 2
status status
auth-user-pass /opt/tmp/user.conf
fast-io
pull
route-nopull
script-security 3
route-up /jffs/scripts/vpn_route_up.sh
down /jffs/scripts/{Removed for Privacy}.sh