AUTH: Received control message: AUTH_FAILED

[Omaha2002]

I've created a nordvpn_creds file with the Nordvpn credentials although the readme says to create two files with the login and pass.. the instructions for me are a bit confusing.

nordvpn_creds containing:

nordvpn_login=** nordvpn_pass=*****

log:

proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:20: OVPN: CREATING TUN INTERFACE /DEV/NET/TUN: proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:20: INFO: NORDVPN: Using cached values for json_countries proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:20: INFO: NORDVPN: Using cached values for json_groups proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:20: INFO: NORDVPN: Using cached values for json_technologies proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:20: INFO: Checking curl installation proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:20: INFO: DNS: resolution ok proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:21: INFO: OVPN: ok, configurations download site reachable proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:21: INFO: NORDVPN: Removing existing configs in /config proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:21: INFO: Checking NORDPVN API responses proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:21: INFO: Selecting the best server... proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:21: INFO: NORDVPN: Searching for country : xxxxxxxx (153) proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:21: INFO: NORDVPN, searching for group: legacy_p2p proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:21: INFO: NORDVPN: searching for technology: openvpn_udp proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:32: INFO: OVPN: Best server : xxxx.nordvpn.com, load: 9 proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:32: INFO: NORDVPN: selected: xxxx.nordvpn.com, VPN_PROVIDER_HOME: /config proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:32: INFO: OVPN: Downloading config: xxxx.nordvpn.com.ovpn proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:32: INFO: OVPN: Downloading from: https://downloads.nordcdn.com/configs/files/ovpn_udp/servers/xxxx.nordvpn.com.udp.ovpn proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:32: INFO: OVPN: ######################################################## proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:32: INFO: OVPN: Files found: 1 proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:32: INFO: OVPN: config: /config/xxxx.nordvpn.com.ovpn proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:32: INFO: OVPN: openvpn log level: 0 proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:32: INFO: OVPN: ######################################################## proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:32: OVPN: FOUND EXISTING OPENVPN CREDENTIALS AT /CONFIG/OPENVPN-CREDENTIALS.TXT: proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:32: OVPN: SETTING OPENVPN CREDENTIALS...: proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:32: OVPN: LOCAL_NETWORK: 192.168.6.0/24, GATEWAY: 172.19.0.1, DEVICE ETH0: proxy-1 | adding route to local network 192.168.6.0/24 via 172.19.0.1 dev eth0 proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:32 NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:32 WARNING: this configuration may cache passwords in memory -- use the auth-nocache option to prevent this proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:33 AUTH: Received control message: AUTH_FAILED proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:33: OVPN: VPN CONNECTION LOST, STOPPING UNBOUND: proxy-1 | 2024-01-21 11:01:33: OVPN: WAITING 30 SECONDS BEFORE RESTARTING:

[edgd1er]

you are refering to create file nordvpn_login containing your login, nordvpn_pass containing your password

You are right, the readme is not clear enough about the expected structure. first line is the login, second line is the password. the file should only contain the value. nordvpn_creds:

thisismyusername
thisismypassword

may I ask how You would rephrase that so it's more clear ?

[Omaha2002]

Thank you for the quick response, I think the description you wrote here is clear enough.

I did create the nordvpn_creds with the proper values but still getting:

2024-01-21 17:33:20 AUTH: Received control message: AUTH_FAILED

[Omaha2002]

btw in your README it says: " create file nordvpn_login containing your login, nordvpn_pass containing your password."

Shouldnt that read: "create file nordvpn_creds containing your login and password."

[Omaha2002]

ok, figured it out, the credentials shouldnt be the ones you login to NordVPN but the ones you can create:

1. Go to NordVPN website and log in
2. Under accounts - Services - click NordVPN
3. Click - Set up NordVPN manually - at the bottom right of the page.
4. You will receive a verification code in your email that you use for NordVPN services. Type the code in the popup window the preceded the email check.
5. Copy the credentials using the “Copy” buttons on the right for your new encrypted user name and password and paste them in nordvpn_creds

[edgd1er]

that's right. As I'm not using anymore that image, as I use a new one with nordvpn client: nordlynx-proxy. openvpn and wireguard protocols are available.

I experimented better upload/download speed with nordvpn's wireguard implementation: nordlynx.

I will add information about how to get credentials. I think, you will recognize the wording ;)

[edgd1er]

Please feel free to reopen if needed