This option was removed in 2.5 (commit c3f565f059) but still showed
up in the ``openvpn --help`` text and in a Q&A section of the man page.

Change-Id: Ib15bd4148872db39a4c8291796a5da211bb20a87
Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Frank Lichtenheld <[email protected]>
Gerrit URL: https://gerrit.openvpn.net/c/openvpn/+/1411
---

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/+/1411
This mail reflects revision 1 of this Change.

Acked-by according to Gerrit (reflected above):
Frank Lichtenheld <[email protected]>

        
diff --git a/doc/man-sections/script-options.rst 
b/doc/man-sections/script-options.rst
index 670cd33..cadd464 100644
--- a/doc/man-sections/script-options.rst
+++ b/doc/man-sections/script-options.rst
@@ -571,8 +571,8 @@
     a filename, etc.
 
 *Q: Can string remapping be disabled?*
-    Yes, by using the ``--no-name-remapping`` option, however this
-    should be considered an advanced option.
+    No.  The options ``--no-name-remapping`` and ``--compat-names`` have
+    been removed in 2.5 because they were considered too insecure.
 
 Here is a brief rundown of OpenVPN's current string types and the
 permitted character class for each string:
diff --git a/src/openvpn/options.c b/src/openvpn/options.c
index 4794315..0257418f 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/options.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/options.c
@@ -474,8 +474,6 @@
     "                  for generated tokens can be set.\n"
     "--auth-user-pass-optional : Allow connections by clients that don't\n"
     "                  specify a username/password.\n"
-    "--no-name-remapping : (DEPRECATED) Allow Common Name and X509 Subject to 
include\n"
-    "                      any printable character.\n"
     "--client-to-client : Internally route client-to-client traffic.\n"
     "--duplicate-cn  : Allow multiple clients with the same common name to\n"
     "                  concurrently connect.\n"


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