Re: [Openvpn-users] small feature suggestion

[Alex Brett <alex.brett@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Nik wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am about to implement a multi-client installation with a mixture of 
> client machines (PC, linux, and maybe even Mac).
>
> One thing I have noticed is that I am having to modify the client script 
> to match the requirements of the platform.
>
> One solution is to keep multiple copies of the client-config file, one 
> per platform.
>
> Another is to build a script that generates or modifies a base script.
>
> My suggestion is to add some form of specifying the pathname to the 
> various TLS files in a single location, and refer to it symbolically. To 
> avoid the issues of pathname separator altogether, one could default the 
>  path.
>
> Something like:
>
> set HOME=c:\\Program\ Files\\
> ca my-ca.crt
> tls-auth tls-auth.crt
>
> would prepend $HOME/ to each file name.
>
> Alternatively:
>
> set HOME=/etc/openvpn
> ca $HOME/my-ca.crt
> tls-auth $HOME/tls-auth.crt
>
> and just translate '/' to '\\' as required.
>
> Cheers!
> Nik
>
>
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The simple way to do it is just shove the key and certificate files etc 
in the same directory as the config file, then you don't need to give a 
path at all, just the file name.

Obviously though there are situations where you will want to store files 
in different dirs and something like your suggestion would seem a 
reasonable idea.

Alex Brett
alex.brett@xxxxxxxxxx

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