Autologin/Autoconnect with OpenVPN

[config]

@Metodios

You may try as below :-

auth-user-pass password.txt

Make sure both file in same folder config

It's work for me.

Hope this help.

It doesn't work,and I tried everything.

Thank you for your help.

P.S. I get an error saying it can't open the file because of invalid filename,directory name or volume label syntax.

[New Built is out:]

New Built is out: OpenVPN 2.1 RC 20 --enable-password-save
Download see my 1st post above.

Thank you! Works great. 

really nice thanksjavascript:void(0);

Hi,

Sorry for my very late reply...

Thanks for your answer, and I understand, I think to use for strong security an personal certificate for each client...

Nothing to tell, it's perfect for me

Thanks Sandbox

[OpenVPN 2.1 RC 15 with --enable-password-save]

Hi,

I'm running on an US Win7 x64, so I need RC20 or 21.
Tried the C:/PROGRA~1/openvpn/config/password.txt thing but didn't work...
OpenVpn actually installed itself in C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenVPN, 'cause it runs as 32bits
 
Using the full path to the password.txt yelds
"Options warning: Bad backslash ('\') usage in client.ovpn:33: remember that backslashes are treated as shell-escapes and if you need to pass backslash characters as part of a Windows filename, you should use double backslashes such as "c:\\openvpn\\static.key"
Use --help for more information."

Tried then making \\ instead of \

but still could not get it to work
 
Any Idea??

Hi all

I just finished build my own Version of  OpenVPN 2.1 RC 15 with --enable-password-save.

Someone interest in that Build can download it from here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=400N9DT6
(MD5-Hash:988ECEA77BD558C41DBB0525C5E5AE09)

Edit/ ChangeLog: 05.05.09
-change OpenSSL 0.9.8i to latest 0.9.8k (including important bug fixes)
-change lzo 2.02 to 2.03

Edit/ 09.11.09
New Built: OpenVPN 2.1 RC 20 --enable-password-save
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=N0ED3QU1
(MD5-Hash:7895BE8FE4A4AF6DD684313A0CE2933E)
-include lzo 2.03
-include latest OpenSSL 0.9.8l

For auto-login you have to modify your .ovpn file in the config folder in that way:

Code:

auth-user-pass C:/PROGRA~1/openvpn/config/password.txt

XP(US) or

Code:

auth-user-pass C:/Programme/openvpn/config/password.txt

XP(DE)
then create a simple text file with your user name and password in two lines name it password.txt
and save it in your config folder.

If you want  auto-connect on startup  create a shortcut from OpenVPN-GUI and put it in your startup-folder,
rightclick on the shortcut --> properties --> target and add :

Code:

--connect [name of your ovpn file].ovpn

in the end of the entry. -
 
There are localized versions of Ovpn-Gui (French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish and Swedish)
http://openvpn.se/download.html

hi sandbox,

OpenVPN 2.1 RC 20 is worked like a charm, but if my internet connection has reconnect, the vpn won't reconnect, so my connection is idle waiting the VPN connection up, so what should i add in my *.ovpn command line to reconnect the VPN if my internet connection restarted? it won't connect with my recent ovpn configuration, please help how to reconnect if my internet connection has restarted.

thank you,
best wishes,
janrain.

@karlos
sry, no idea, with  Windows 7. With XP CopyPath help me out to find the correct "short path"
Test it:
Download pathc400.zip and unzip it to a temporary folder. Right click PATHCOPY.INF and choose install. Now there is a new entry in the shell.
Go to  password.txt right click: Copy Path/Setup. Mark Copy Short Path. Now you can choise from Copy Path: Copy short path, and paste it into your config file.
Download:http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SXQRFZ0E

@janrain 
I just perform a disconnect and OpenVPN did reconnect by himself.
i use OpenVPN-GUI 1.0.3  on Startup -->Properties Target:

Code:

"C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin\openvpn-gui-1.0.3.exe" --connect ivacy-client.ovpn

my ivacy-client.ovpn looks like this:

Code:

client
dev tun
proto udp
remote 85.249.223.29 1194
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
ca ivacy-keys/ivacy-ca.crt
cert ivacy-keys/ivacy-client.crt
key ivacy-keys/ivacy-client.key
tls-auth ivacy-keys/ivacy-tls.key 1
ns-cert-type server
comp-lzo
verb 3
auth-user-pass C:/PROGRA~1/openvpn/config/password.txt
redirect-gateway def1
script-security 3
reneg-sec 0

don't use:

Code:

auth-nocache

then it shoud do a proper reconnect



Sandbox

[New Built: OpenVPN 2.1.1 Final --enable-password-save]

Edit/ 12.12.09

New Built: OpenVPN 2.1.1 Final  --enable-password-save
Download see my 1st post above.

A rather new program is VPNCheck!

That works to 100%

When starting it up it connects to your VPN + starts your Torrentprogram,
when the VPN stops, more than 1 sec. it will close the program

And when the VPN works again, it will start it up again:
http://vpncheck.jothodesign.com/



 

i use your installer and modified my config as necessary the problem is when it's reconnecting, it's asking for username and password again, can someone answer to this problem i'm having. thanx.

I would like to thank you for making this available. It helps me lot. I do have a slight problem. Seems there is a limit of 50 for number of configs? Any idea how to bypass this? Reason is I subscribe to 3 vpn services so plenty of different servers to choose from.

Thanks

Thank you for this nice modification!

Could you also post the source code so that we can see what you changed? 

OpenVPN is now at V2.1.2. It would be nice if someone were to compile it with the enable-password-save option.