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| If you don't have a config that you can use you should have a look in /etc/openvpn. Slackware has a example config with some good hints in there. | If you don't have a config that you can use you should have a look in /etc/openvpn. Slackware has a example config with some good hints in there. | ||
| - | ==== Using OpenVPN with the i3wm ==== | + | ==== Using OpenVPN with the i3 status bar ==== |
| I'm using the [[howtos:window_managers:i3wm|i3 window manager]] with dmenu and the i3statusbar. You can configure the bar to show you if you're running openvpn or not. | I'm using the [[howtos:window_managers:i3wm|i3 window manager]] with dmenu and the i3statusbar. You can configure the bar to show you if you're running openvpn or not. | ||
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| - | ===== Using OpenVPN with a password file ===== | + | ===== Rebuilding OpenVPN to read your login from file ===== |
| Since I wanted my openvpn connection to start automatically when I connect my Thinkpad to the dock I thought it would be usefull to add the 'password safe' feature. ('password safe' setting allows you to store your username and password in a file for scripting) This feature is not installed by default. You have to add it to the slackbuild and recompile the package. | Since I wanted my openvpn connection to start automatically when I connect my Thinkpad to the dock I thought it would be usefull to add the 'password safe' feature. ('password safe' setting allows you to store your username and password in a file for scripting) This feature is not installed by default. You have to add it to the slackbuild and recompile the package. | ||
