On 22/08/16 02:11, Selva Nair wrote: > On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 10:49 AM, debbie10t <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Openvpn-2.3.11 on Windows client: >> >> 1. >> --auth-user-pass useronly.txt >> >> useronly.txt = >> >> username >> ^Z >> >> >> This is expected as the GUI uses management interface which only supports > both username and password from management, not just one of them. That is, > username from file, password from management interface is not supported.. > We could easily make querying from management get higher priority over > reading from file/console, but, given that the latest GUI remembers > username, there may not be a strong need for such a feature. > > Anyway, auth-user-pass prompting works like this: if a filename is > specified it gets priority over management and console. If the file > contains only username, it will fall back to console (or systemd if > supported) for prompting for password. If no file is specified and > management-query-passwords is specified, then both username and password > will be queried from management. In all other cases both username and > password is prompted from console (or systemd). Management is never a > fallback for reading from file so the windows GUI will not prompt for > username or password if if a file is specified. > > Selva > Thanks Selva, your explanation is clear.
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