Multiple clients, one user / certificate
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I've noticed that when connecting more than one device using the same username it will disconnect other active sessions. Is this be design? If so is there a way to change the behavior? I've tried generating different certificates and linking them under the same username but that still disconnects my other active session. I'd just prefer to have one username for all of my devices. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks to the authors for all of their hard work.
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If you really want multiple uses of the same certificate (and username) to be valid, then I think just go to the OpenVPN Server and check the box:
Duplicate Connections - Allow multiple concurrent connections from clients using the same Common Name.
NOTE: This is not generally recommended, but may be needed for some scenarios.The security issue is that if the certificate is compromised, and you need to revoke it, then you have multiple client devices with that certificate installed - so they all stop working.