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@ -28,10 +28,12 @@ Installation using the official OpenVPN installers
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Manual installation of OpenVPN GUI
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**********************************
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* `Download <https://openvpn.net/index.php/download/community-downloads.html>`_
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and install OpenVPN
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* First install OpenVPN using an official installer as described above.
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* Download OpenVPN GUI of your choice and save it in OpenVPN's bin folder.
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* Build your own version of OpenVPN GUI from source. See `BUILD.rst <BUILD.rst>`_
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for build instructions. From the build tree copy *openvpn-gui.exe*,
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*libopenvpn_plap.dll*, *openvpn-plap-install.reg* and *openvpn-plap-uninstall.reg*
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to OpenVPN's bin folder.
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Default is *C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\bin\\*. You must put it in this folder
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because OpenVPN GUI depends on the OpenSSL DLLs installed in this folder by
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OpenVPN.
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@ -69,6 +71,9 @@ There are three ways to do this:
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and to add the user to it. This will only work if admin-level credentials are
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available.
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* Use the "Import file" function in OpenVPN GUI itself
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* See the section on `Persistent or Pre-started connections`_
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for how to use OpenVPN GUI to conftrol configurations in
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*C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config-auto\\* that are started by the automatic service.
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Using OpenVPN GUI
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#################
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@ -94,6 +99,9 @@ may be optionally included. Example::
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OR
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openvpn-gui --connect office
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Starting version 11.34, any connections active when OpenVPN GUI exits or the user
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logs out are automatically reconnected when OpenVPN GUI is restarted.
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To get help with OpenVPN GUI please use one of the official `OpenVPN support
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channels <https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/GettingHelp>`_.
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@ -122,6 +130,8 @@ reconnect, detach or re-attach them using the menu items.
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It requires that such connections be started with
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`--management 127.0.0.1 port [pw-file]` option in their config file.
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`pw-file` containing a password is optional, but highly recommended.
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The password should be a single line of text, preferably shorter than 128
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characters of plain ascii.
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Further, if `--auth-user-pass` or any such options requiring
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interactive user input are present, the config file must also
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contain `--management-query-passwords`.
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