Hi, On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 3:15 AM, Samuli Seppänen <sam...@openvpn.net> wrote: > Il 07/02/2018 21:58, David Sommerseth ha scritto: >> On 07/02/18 20:32, Илья Шипицин wrote: >>> After auth-token were introduced, when user press "Reconnect", it leads to >>> auth fail (saved password is forgotten), we run about 1000 users, nobody >>> complains. >> >> This is actually expected, I'd say - but smells like a bug on the server side >> authentication. >> >> Selva may correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding of it when clicking >> "Reconnect", the local OpenVPN process which caches the auth-token is stopped >> and a new OpenVPN process is started. The client should in this case ask for >> username/password again. So in this case, the server side should treat this >> connection as a fresh connection with no initial state. >> >> The step of stopping the local client and starting a new and fresh one is >> definitely not a bad feature to have on clients. >> >>> It looks like nobody uses that button. >>> >>> So, I asked several users, they confirmed they do not use Reconnect. >> >> This is no good argument for me. This is one specific setup with 1000 users. >> It would be more valuable with 50 different setups having 20 users each. >> Your >> conclusion is based on a very homogeneous environment. > > I agree. I also agree that the underlying problem should be fixed. > > That said, Ilya's message was sent to both openvpn-users and > openvpn-devel and nobody has screamed "do not remove the Reconnect > button" :). The only additional thing we can do is post a message to the > forums. As usual, the only sure way to get feedback (read: complaints) > is to release the changes in an official build/installer.
Only recently we added a reconnect item to the menu (earlier it was only available as a button in the status window) for ease of doing reconnects and based on user requests -- though I can't now find who asked for it. I wouldn't take lack of response on the user's list as an indication that no one uses it. In fact its very handy -- how else will you restart a connection after editing the config file? Disconnect and connect again? That would close the status window and lose all messages in it and also takes a number of mouse clicks because of the way tray popup menu behaves. Anyway the purported reason to remove it is totally bogus. Its like auth-token cant cope with SIGHUP, so let's remove that signal. Finally, I'm an user too and I use that button all the time, though mostly for testing. If that counts as a dissenting voice. Selva ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Openvpn-devel mailing list Openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-devel
