Cannot connect with 2 different users

joepatane72

Hello all,

I'm trying out openvpn as, I've set it up on centos 7 and it is working as expected.

I've created another user to connect through, but when I have one connection already active on my desktop and try to connect using the other user on my Tablet or laptop, I get the Authentication has failed message. If I disconnect the already connected user and try again on the laptop/tablet with the failing user it connects OK.

Anyone have any ideas what could be causing this, it is my understanding that openvpn as comes with 2 licensed users, but I cannot get 2 users connected at the same time.

Thanks in advance.

Joe

mshoaib

Edit openvpn server.conf file

# Uncomment this directive if multiple clients
# might connect with the same certificate/key
# files. This is recommended only for testing
# purposes. For production use, each client
# should have its own certificate/key pair.
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virtualjj

In your OpenVPN AS management GUI, go to Status > Log Reports and see what type of errors are showing up.

It could be that for whatever reason one of your clients is connecting twice and using up your free licenses.

When I am testing connections I usually look at the Current Users section when connecting to see what's happening and troubleshoot.

You can also run the following at the command line to look for clues:

tail /var/log/openvpnas.log