matmallard
I have configured everything on a windows 10 box per the instructions from open vpn. I added the commands to read an auth file for authentication. I ran through installing the service after installing the openvpn client. I assigned the path to the config file and the log file but when I run the ovpnconnectore.exe start command it fails starting the service. I have checked everything I can think of and no matter what that service will not start. If I use the windows client software it connects. Below is my config file.
My user.auth file has two lines in it. The top line is my username and the second line the password. I'm not sure at this point what the issue could be. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
dev tun
tls-client
remote XXXXXXXXXX 1194
# The "float" tells OpenVPN to accept authenticated packets from any address,
# not only the address which was specified in the --remote option.
# This is useful when you are connecting to a peer which holds a dynamic address
# such as a dial-in user or DHCP client.
# (Please refer to the manual of OpenVPN for more information.)
#float
# If redirect-gateway is enabled, the client will redirect it's
# default network gateway through the VPN.
# It means the VPN connection will firstly connect to the VPN Server
# and then to the internet.
# (Please refer to the manual of OpenVPN for more information.)
#redirect-gateway def1
# dhcp-option DNS: To set primary domain name server address.
# Repeat this option to set secondary DNS server addresses.
#dhcp-option DNS DNS_IP_ADDRESS
pull
# If you want to connect by Server's IPv6 address, you should use
# "proto udp6" in UDP mode or "proto tcp6-client" in TCP mode
proto udp
script-security 2
comp-lzo
reneg-sec 0
cipher AES-256-CBC
auth SHA512
auth-user-pass user.auth
auth-retry nointeract
auth-nocache
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</ca>
