Re: [Openvpn-users] auth-user-pass makes no sense!

[Anthony Ewell <aewell@xxxxxxxx>]

Mathias Sundman wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Jul 2005, Anthony Ewell wrote:
>
> > [Editorial comment:  AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!  If
> > auth-user-pass[-verify] can only be used with
> > "tls-client/server" and not "--secret", why is it
> > not documented in the man page ?!?!?]
> >
> >   What am I missing; what am I doing wrong?  Is there a
> > better way to get a user name and password prompt?
>
>
> As far as I remember the username/password authentication requires a 
> PUSH/PULL channel that is only available when running in server mode 
> (which in turn requires TLS mode, not a shared secret).
>
> I havn't checked what the man page says, but I agree with you that these 
> dependencies should be documented in the man page for the 
> --auth-user-pass[-verify] options.
>
> Cheers / Mathias


Hi Mathias,

   Is there another way to prompt for user name and password?

--Tony

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