Re: [CentOS] Suddenly OpenVPN not working - backgrounds prompt for username / password

On 07/25/2015 08:05 PM, Alan McKay wrote:

I'm on a fresh install of CentOS 7 and take my config that works on Ubuntu on the same box. Instead of getting a prompt for username and password for the VPN I get a backgrounded task that spits this out : ... Password entry required for 'Enter Auth Username:' (PID 23461). Please enter password with the systemd-tty-ask-password-agent tool!

So, run "systemd-tty-ask-password-agent". You should be prompted for the password, there.

OpenVPN in CentOS was built with --enable-systemd, which uses the agent so that connections can be started as a service and still use password authentication.