Re: [Openvpn-users] What is the function of ipp.txt ?

[Timothy M. <gay...@ei...>]

filip beijer wrote:

> No you don't have to do anything with that file.
> from the manual page:
> 
> --ifconfig-pool-persist file [seconds]
>     Persist/unpersist ifconfig-pool data to file, at seconds intervals 
> (default=600), as well as on program startup and shutdown.
> 
>     The goal of this option is to provide a long-term association 
> between clients (denoted by their common name) and the virtual IP 
> address assigned to them from the ifconfig-pool. Maintaining a long-term 
> association is good for clients because it allows them to effectively 
> use the --persist-tun option.

But as I mentioned, in my case the IP addresses in ipp.txt ,
although in the correct network 192.168.5.* ,
have not appeared anywhere else.
They are not the addresses given by ifconfig on any machine.

So it is not clear to me what function this file could have.

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