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Nyr / openvpn-install

OpenVPN road warrior installer for Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, CentOS and Fedora
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Creating new user - ovpn file #1075

Closed csimlinger closed 10 months ago

csimlinger commented 10 months ago

Thanks for this amazing script. I have a beginners question I cant figure out:

I set up the VPN server, create my own user and was able to download the .ovpn file. When I load it into my VPN client, it works perfectly but does not ask for a username/password.

Now I tried to create another user but I can not get a new .ovpn file. As I don't need a username/password to connect (only the .ovpn) file, I guess the .ovpn file is specific for the first user I created (myself).

How can I get the .ovpn file for the newly created users?

Thanks a lot!

Nyr commented 10 months ago

About the username/password, that is normal. OpenVPN has many authentication methods, with the most common being certificates. Your .ovpn file includes the certificate required for authentication, which is actually safer than a password.

About the .ovpn files for further clients, they will be in your home directory.

csimlinger commented 10 months ago

Thanks a lot!