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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