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Describe limitations of auth-user-pass more clearly
URL: https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/ticket/757 Signed-off-by: Samuli Seppänen <[email protected]>
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doc/man-sections/client-options.rst

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auth-user-pass up
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If ``up`` is present, it must be a file containing username/password on 2
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lines. If the password line is missing, OpenVPN will prompt for one.
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lines. If the password line is missing, OpenVPN will prompt for one on
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stdin. If you use a graphical OpenVPN client such as OpenVPN GUI on Windows,
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you should either define both the username and password in the file, or rely
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on the GUI caching the credentials; defining just the username in the file
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will not work.
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If ``up`` is omitted, username/password will be prompted from the
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console.

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