Auto logon failing - Cannot stst file 'auth.txt' : no such file or directory (errno=2)

mmenzie

Hello all...
i am a huge linux noob here so please be gentle. i am trying to get my ubuntu 18.04 desktop to connect my openvpn client on boot. i have successfully done this exact procedure in windows but can't get it to work in ubuntu. here is what i have:

in my /etc/openvpn/ directory i copied the .ovpn from my VPN provider and renamed it to openvpn.conf i edited the file and after the "auth-user-pass" i added "auth.txt" (no i do not have the quotes in the actual file). I created an auth.txt file with my username as the first line and my password as the second line and saved it to /etc/openvpn/ (the same as the openvpn.conf. i reboot and the vpn does not connect. so after reading anrticle i tried this from a terminal window just to see if it will connect "openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/openvpn.conf" and when i run that i see "Cannot stst file 'auth.txt' : no such file or directory (errno=2)" the file is there so i dont get why it wont work

as a test, i opened "network" in my settings and in the VPN section hit the "+" and imported the same .opvn file i copied to /etc/openvpn/ (before i renamed it to openvpn.conf) and slid the slider to "on" and it connects without issue. i just can't seem to get this method to work without having to logon so i can't use it

i could really use some help please. thanks in advance

Mike

TinCanTech

mmenzie wrote I created an auth.txt file with my username as the first line and my password as the second line and saved it to /etc/openvpn/ (the same as the openvpn.conf. i reboot and the vpn does not connect. so after reading anrticle i tried this from a terminal window just to see if it will connect "openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/openvpn.conf" and when i run that i see "Cannot stst file 'auth.txt' : no such file or directory (errno=2)"

Try with:

auth-user-pass /etc/openvpn/auth.txt