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    Syncing openvpn settings enter auth password

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      doktornotor Banned
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      Well if you don't know what is password-protected in your VPN, perhaps you'd just better wipe the config and reconfigure it from scratch?  :o

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        bodom
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        @doktornotor:

        Well if you don't know what is password-protected in your VPN, perhaps you'd just better wipe the config and reconfigure it from scratch?  :o

        You are right indeed; unfortunately, I am not the one who's in charge of creating certificates/reconfiguring from scratch. I am the one who has to fix things that somebody else broke :)

        Often I get incomplete/inaccurate informations about the environment I have to work in, that's why I am asking how to find it myself, if possible ;)

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          bodom
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          After a long search, i found there was an OpenVPN client with a configured username without a password.

          Thank you again for your precious hints.

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            ssbarnea
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            I faced the same issue yesterday when after a reboot the router false to boot and one day later I am still unable to fix it. I do not get the password prompt but the boot is stuck at the same command. Entering data does not help but Ctr-C would allow me to get a /bin/sh prompt (but almost no services running).
            I tried to find a way to disable or remove this package from the command line it seems that nothing standard would work.

            The only suggestion I found was that I would have to hack the config.xml file in order to do this. I am afraid that even if I will fix it, i will endup looking for an alternative that does not rely on php to control the system boot process...

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              deleted
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              I currently have the same problem. Is it the only way to completely reconfigure? Oddly enough, I can't enter the PW. It is not accepted.

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                deleted
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                If someone else has this problem, please try the following very simple solution.

                I have established the serial connection with the Linux tool "minicom". With this tool, you can not make any inputs on the Netgate.

                With the tool "screen" it worked without problems.

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                  sgruen @deleted
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                  @deleted Can you please describe what exactly you have done?

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                    SebM @sgruen
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                    @sgruen said in Syncing openvpn settings enter auth password:

                    @deleted Can you please describe what exactly you have done?

                    @deleted is using a serial connection from a computer to the PfSense router that probably doesn't have a keyboard nor screen, to be able to type the username and password at boot. If you have a client configured with certificates, just pressing the enter key at boot would also work.

                    If your problem is to do with a VPN client, may I suggest you change the configuration and enable "Do not retry connection when authentication fails" under User Authentication Settings > Authentication Retry. Try to reboot and see if it solves your problem.

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                      deleted
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                      Right.

                      I first used the Linux tool "minicom" for access and then had the described error. When I used the tool "screen" everything works without problems.

                      Why it did not work with the first tool, I can not say. So exactly I have not made myself then on the troubleshooting.

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                        viktor_g Netgate
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                        Please be carefull!
                        Screenshot from 2021-03-02 14-53-24.png

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                          deleted @viktor_g
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                          @viktor_g

                          Thanks for the tip.

                          I connect directly to the Netgate. Nothing can go wrong there. 😊

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                            rexki @sgruen
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                            SG-2100 (2 days out of box) on latest - 21.05-RELEASE (arm64)
                            VPN
                            OpenVPN
                            Clients
                            Pencil Edit
                            User Authentication Settings Area/block
                            Load the empty password box - just tested it - with the box below unchecked (default) -
                            Do not retry connection when authentication fails

                            That was not it. the box being checked - it was the empty password box. Have a screenshot picture but getting that into this underpowered forum tool is not worth the effort.

                            1 min exact boot to the OpenVPN fowl up - then about 2:30 to the finished console screen due mainly to what appears to the be GeoIP files being reloaded and placed?

                            pfSense 2.3.4-Release(amd64) - 31 watts Min d-power mode - 843-853 mbps across LANs -  i5-2400 3xGigE - Asus P8H61-M -All slotted Intel single NICS EM drivers -  shooting for 6 watts - to save $27/year in electricity.  In Hawaii $50 per year savings over 20 watt delta!!

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