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    OpenVPN Auth Password on boot system

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      tomaszf
      last edited by

      Hi,

      after run VPN server on booting pfSense I have to enter password VPN:

      How Can I disable this (becouse I can't restart router remote now)

      Regards,
      Tomasz

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        doktornotor Banned
        last edited by

        Uh. Set up the VPN to use certificate instead of password? Or unassign the interface?

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        • jimpJ
          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
          last edited by

          Not enough info to say how it could be fixed.

          Check the OpenVPN log to see why it's asking. Could be the server wants a password (so fill that in on the GUI), maybe you somehow pointed it at an encrypted certificate, etc.

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          • DerelictD
            Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
            last edited by

            Yeah that's OpenVPN prompting for a password.

            I was able to half-duplicate that using an auth-user-pass /root/openvpn.pass option with the file only including a username. Looked a little different (newline before Enter Auth Password:) only specifying a username in the GUI.

            Neither of those hung there on 2.3.2_1 but it's easy to think that older versions might have behaved differently (waiting there for input) in the same circumstance. So fix your OpenVPN Client Auth and you should be good.

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