[Resolved] Script for OpenVPN connection

Jonmo1 · Post by **Jonmo1** » Sat Aug 17, 2019 6:35 pm

So I have the line below to connect to OpenVPN. It works great. But I have to manually enter passwords and such.
I'm hoping to have a script to run make the connection.

I can run this manually from Terminal.
sudo openvpn /etc/openvpn/Houston_udp.ovpn

It first prompts for my sudo password of coarse. I would not object to being prompted for that password.
But I would like to have the openvpn credentials automatically entered for me.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

catweazel · Post by **catweazel** » Sat Aug 17, 2019 7:26 pm

Jonmo1 wrote: ⤴Sat Aug 17, 2019 6:35 pm So I have the line below to connect to OpenVPN. It works great. But I have to manually enter passwords and such.
I'm hoping to have a script to run make the connection.

You should be able to import the VPN configuration into Mint's network manager. From there, you can import the certificate and automatically connect to the VPN when a connection is made. There should be no need for a script at all.

https://torguard.net/knowledgebase.php? ... icle&id=53

That's for ubuntu but it should give you at least the outline of what to do.

Jonmo1 · Post by **Jonmo1** » Sat Aug 17, 2019 7:42 pm

Wow, I was making it harder than it needed to be (I'm good at that).

Thanks a ton, that worked perfectly.

catweazel · Post by **catweazel** » Sat Aug 17, 2019 7:44 pm

Jonmo1 wrote: ⤴Sat Aug 17, 2019 7:42 pm Wow, I was making it harder than it needed to be (I'm good at that).

Thanks a ton, that worked perfectly.

My pleasure.

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