Re: [PATCH applied] Re: Log when writing username/password to TLS buffer fails

> I have not tested it - I guess one needs a GUI with "long password"
support to trigger it :-)

Not really.. long passwords work via the console even in pre-2.6 ! A
password longer than about 1700 bytes will trigger it.


Selva

On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 12:31 PM Gert Doering <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Thanks, this makes sense - if we fail, we want to tell the user what
> happened (even if we then continue to run in silly circles).
>
> I have not tested it - I guess one needs a GUI with "long password"
> support to trigger it :-) - but since the code path is clear enough
> and the patch only adds msg() calls, I guess a compile test is fine.
>
> Your patch has been applied to the master and release/2.7 branch
> (I put this into "documentation improvement").
>
> commit fd1fd077ea7781be8be6e05f2a2b657619c7e437 (master)
> commit 784ba7a2019539db028cd98beaa42e8921394cdf (release/2.7)
> Author: Selva Nair
> Date:   Tue Apr 14 07:57:14 2026 +0200
>
>      Log when writing username/password to TLS buffer fails
>
>      Signed-off-by: Selva Nair <[email protected]>
>      Acked-by: Arne Schwabe <[email protected]>
>      Gerrit URL: https://gerrit.openvpn.net/c/openvpn/+/1600
>      Message-Id: <[email protected]>
>      URL: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg36604.html
>      Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <[email protected]>
>
>
> --
> kind regards,
>
> Gert Doering
>


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