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    Syncing openvpn settings enter auth password

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    • B Offline
      bodom
      last edited by

      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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      • ssbarneaS Offline
        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
          last edited by deleted

          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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          • D Offline
            deleted
            last edited by

            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
              last edited by

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

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                SebM @sgruen
                last edited by

                @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
                  last edited by

                  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
                    last edited by

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

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                      deleted @viktor_g
                      last edited by

                      @viktor_g

                      Thanks for the tip.

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

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                        rexki @sgruen
                        last edited by rexki

                        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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