Re: [Openvpn-users] ERROR: could not read Auth username from stdin

[David C. <da...@da...>]

Davide Brini wrote:
> First thing I'd try would be to remove the auth-nocache directive.
>
> "If  specified, this directive will cause OpenVPN to immediately forget 
> username/password inputs after they are used.  As a result, when OpenVPN needs 
> a username/password, it will prompt for input from stdin, which may be  
> multiple  times  during the duration of an OpenVPN session."
>
> Though I agree that if the initial credentials were supplied via a file (as in 
> your case) the above behavior does not make much sense.
Removing 'auth-nocache' did the trick... Looks like it has been through 
two rekeying cycles since I restarted it.

Oct 12 12:42:46 rhnagios01 openvpn[17285]: /sbin/ifconfig tun0 
10.3.251.6 pointopoint 10.3.251.5 mtu 1500
Oct 12 12:42:46 rhnagios01 openvpn[17285]: Initialization Sequence Completed
Oct 12 20:42:44 rhnagios01 openvpn[17285]: WARNING: this configuration 
may cache passwords in memory -- use the auth-nocache option to prevent this
Oct 13 04:42:47 rhnagios01 openvpn[17285]: WARNING: this configuration 
may cache passwords in memory -- use the auth-nocache option to prevent this

Thanks!