It looks like it's possible to specify an optional authfile as third argument of the "socks-proxy" directive. This patch updates the man page to document that.
Signed-off-by: Davide Brini <dave...@gmx.com> --- doc/openvpn.8 | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/openvpn.8 b/doc/openvpn.8 index c0b209c..ed0fa63 100644 --- a/doc/openvpn.8 +++ b/doc/openvpn.8 @@ -554,12 +554,15 @@ Set HTTP "User-Agent" string to .B user-agent. .\"********************************************************* .TP -.B \-\-socks-proxy server [port] +.B \-\-socks-proxy server [port] [authfile] Connect to remote host through a Socks5 proxy at address .B server and port .B port (default=1080). +.B authfile +(optional) is a file containing a username and password on 2 lines, or +"stdin" to prompt from console. .\"********************************************************* .TP .B \-\-socks-proxy-retry -- D.
