From: Frank Lichtenheld <fr...@lichtenheld.com> And extend examples section for authenticated HTTP proxies because is was misleading.
Change-Id: I7a754d0b4a76a9227bf922f65176cd9ec4d7670c Signed-off-by: Frank Lichtenheld <fr...@lichtenheld.com> Acked-by: Gert Doering <g...@greenie.muc.de> --- This change was reviewed on Gerrit and approved by at least one developer. I request to merge it to master. Gerrit URL: https://gerrit.openvpn.net/c/openvpn/+/498 This mail reflects revision 1 of this Change. Acked-by according to Gerrit (reflected above): Gert Doering <g...@greenie.muc.de> diff --git a/doc/man-sections/proxy-options.rst b/doc/man-sections/proxy-options.rst index 9cf311f..ad49c60 100644 --- a/doc/man-sections/proxy-options.rst +++ b/doc/man-sections/proxy-options.rst @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ is required, a file name to an ``authfile`` file containing a username and password on 2 lines can be given, or :code:`stdin` to prompt from console. Its content can also be specified in the config file with the - ``--http-proxy-user-pass`` option. (See section on inline files) + ``--http-proxy-user-pass`` option (See `INLINE FILE SUPPORT`_). The last optional argument is an ``auth-method`` which should be one of :code:`none`, :code:`basic`, or :code:`ntlm2`. @@ -25,14 +25,43 @@ Examples: :: + # no authentication http-proxy proxy.example.net 3128 + # basic authentication, load credentials from file http-proxy proxy.example.net 3128 authfile.txt + # basic authentication, ask user for credentials http-proxy proxy.example.net 3128 stdin - http-proxy proxy.example.net 3128 auto basic - http-proxy proxy.example.net 3128 auto-nct ntlm2 + # NTLM authentication, load credentials from file + http-proxy proxy.example.net 3128 authfile.txt ntlm2 + # determine which authentication is required, ask user for credentials + http-proxy proxy.example.net 3128 auto + # determine which authentication is required, but reject basic + http-proxy proxy.example.net 3128 auto-nct + # determine which authentication is required, but set credentials + http-proxy proxy.example.net 3128 auto + http-proxy-user-pass authfile.txt + # basic authentication, specify credentials inline + http-proxy proxy.example.net 3128 "" basic + <http-proxy-user-pass> + username + password + </http-proxy-user-pass> Note that support for NTLMv1 proxies was removed with OpenVPN 2.7. +--http-proxy-user-pass userpass + Overwrite the username/password information for ``--http-proxy``. If specified + as an inline option (see `INLINE FILE SUPPORT`_), it will be interpreted as + username/password separated by a newline. When specified on the command line + it is interpreted as a filename same as the third argument to ``--http-proxy``. + + Example:: + + <http-proxy-user-pass> + username + password + </http-proxy-user-pass> + --http-proxy-option args Set extended HTTP proxy options. Requires an option ``type`` as argument and an optional ``parameter`` to the type. Repeat to set multiple _______________________________________________ Openvpn-devel mailing list Openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-devel
