ovpnauth.sh
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troydm
OpenVPN sh authentication script with simple user db
OpenVPN sh authentication script with simple user db for use withauth-user-pass-verify via-file option
It's a simple sh shell script that is target at consumer routers that dont't have perl or any other scripting languages installed on them, but need a simple ovpn authentication
LICENSE
NONE
INSTALL
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copy ovpnauth.sh script to your server, make it executable (chmod +x) and make sure you can execute it
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create a file named ovpnauth.conf and put it inside for example /usr/local/etc/
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for each user you want to register 3a) compute md5 checksum using this ovpnauth.sh md5 password 3b) add line in your ovpnauth.conf that reads like this: username=[computed-md5-password] where [computed-md5-password] is md5 checksum you computed
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edit ovpnauth.sh and make sure your conf path (path to ovpnauth.conf) is correct 4a) (optional) you can change your logfile path
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now in your openvpn.conf add this options script-security 2 auth-user-pass-verify ovpnauth.sh via-file also you can replace ovpnauth.sh with full path to your ovpnauth script
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Enjoy sh shell based OpenVPN authentication and don't forget to specify auth-user-pass option in your openvpn client config
troydm