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Automatically fill in username and password
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:08 pm
by mikesteffler
I really don't know if this is the right place for this question... but is there a way that I can have OpenVPN automatically fill in my username and password when I try to connect?
Re: Automatically fill in username and password
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:27 pm
by krzee
[16:28] <krzee> !pwfile
[16:28] <vpnHelper> krzee: "pwfile" is (#1) OpenVPN will only read passwords from a file if it has been built with the --enable-password-save configure option, or on Windows by defining ENABLE_PASSWORD_SAVE in config-win32.h, or (#2) see --auth-user-pass in the manual (!man) for more info
Re: Automatically fill in username and password
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 12:24 am
by mikesteffler
Any chance you could dumb it down for me? I have no idea about scripts or the config file or any of that stuff.
Re: Automatically fill in username and password
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 11:44 pm
by krzee
you can only save passwords to a file if you have custom compiled openvpn with the --enable-password-save configure option
What OS are you running?
Re: Automatically fill in username and password
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 11:51 pm
by mikesteffler
I'm on Windows 7 and I installed OpenVPN from an .exe file that my work provides.
Re: Automatically fill in username and password
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 7:12 pm
by ecrist
We are likely going to start offering Windows Binaries with the feature enabled. Check the notes for the current beta releases, I'm not sure if any of them support this now or not.
Re: Automatically fill in username and password
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 7:35 am
by Douglas
ecrist wrote:We are likely going to start offering Windows Binaries with the feature enabled. Check the notes for the current beta releases, I'm not sure if any of them support this now or not.
I think this is a good idea.
Re: Automatically fill in username and password
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 12:16 pm
by krzee
mikesteffler wrote:I'm on Windows 7 and I installed OpenVPN from an .exe file that my work provides.
if your work did not enable this feature, they probably dont want you saving your login/password to a file... it does turn "something you know" into "something you have" which certs already are