2012/2/28 Carsten Krüger <c.krue...@gmx.org>: > Hello Alon, > >> This is *THE* missing functionality in Windows environment. >> It seems that nobody interested in developing proper UI using >> management interface for Windows. >> Same goes to proper smartcard support. > > I found that openvpn management interface works as I'd like it. > > Add the following lines to client.ovpn > -------------------------------- > management localhost 1000 > management-query-passwords > auth-retry interact > management-hold > -------------------------------- > and start the service. > > Use putty to connect to localhost port 1000, format RAW > > |>INFO:OpenVPN Management Interface Version 1 -- type 'help' for more info > |>HOLD:Waiting for hold release > |hold release > |SUCCESS: hold release succeeded > |>PASSWORD:Need 'Auth' username/password > |username Auth here_comes_my_username > |SUCCESS: 'Auth' username entered, but not yet verified > |password Auth here_comes_my_mypassword > |SUCCESS: 'Auth' password entered, but not yet verified > > et voila openvpn connects. > > I'd like to cry, how long did this works? > > I found this in changelog: > 2004.11.28 -- Version 2.0-beta18 > > * Added management interface. See new --management-* > options or the full management interface documentation > in management/management-notes.txt in the tarball. >
Right. This is long existing feature, just that in Windows people expect to work using UI... Years back I wrote a simple .net to do to this... Alon.
