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    OpenVPN config export what is login??

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      electrofreak
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      I'm not an expert on OpenVPN, so I feel like something isn't right with what I've setup here.

      I used the wizard to setup the server, and created 2 users. One is a user for myself, the other is a user for an external server I want to create a persistent tunnel with.

      I started testing with my user account on my laptop. But then ran into the same problem on this server when attempting to do the same thing:

      [myuser]@[myserver]:/etc/openvpn$ sudo openvpn /etc/openvpn/pfsense-udp-1194/pfsense-udp-1194.ovpn
      Sun Jan  1 22:38:15 2012 OpenVPN 2.1.0 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [SSL] [LZO2] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [MH] [PF_INET6] [eurephia] built on Jul 20 2010
      Enter Auth Username:******* 
      Enter Auth Password:
      Sun Jan  1 22:38:21 2012 IMPORTANT: OpenVPN's default port number is now 1194, based on an official port number assignment by IANA.  OpenVPN 2.0-beta16 and earlier used 5000 as the default port.
      Sun Jan  1 22:38:21 2012 WARNING: Make sure you understand the semantics of --tls-remote before using it (see the man page).
      Sun Jan  1 22:38:21 2012 NOTE: OpenVPN 2.1 requires '--script-security 2' or higher to call user-defined scripts or executables
      Sun Jan  1 22:38:21 2012 Error opening file pfsense-udp-1194.p12 (OpenSSL)
      Sun Jan  1 22:38:21 2012 Exiting
      

      I cannot figure out the correct username and password to open this .p12 file. I tried the login for the user as created on the local database on the pfsense router, I've tried other accounts, I've tried other possible variations that I considered possibilities… nothing works. I've also tried blank username, blank passwords, etc... but that went nowhere, too.

      I FINALLY got it working on my laptop, but I had to export a viscosity configuration, and install that (which is only a 30-day trial). I guess that export was configured with no password on the .p12 file.

      Help! Maybe my configuration is too locked down, but maybe it's just standard. I don't know a whole lot about OpenVPN, admittedly.

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        Nachtfalke
        last edited by

        In general there is no password for the .p12 file as long as you did not enter one.
        Did you use the "Client Export Utility" to export the client configuration + cert ?

        If yes, there is an option which is by default unchecked:
        "Use a password to protect the pkcs12 file contents or key in Viscosity bundle."

        I have to mention that I do not use the wizard to create an OpenVPN server but there should not be any difference.

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          electrofreak
          last edited by

          Thanks for the reply.

          Yes, I used the exporter, and I had that option deselected (as was the default). Something must be wrong with the exporter then. Hmmm

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            Nachtfalke
            last edited by

            The export utility is working fine. I tried it today on a VM with pfsense 2.0.1 amd64 - but without the wizard.
            Delete the OpenVPN server and try again with the wizard or without the wizard.

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