Re: Two questions about key generation for clients

Peter Davis via Openvpn-users <[email protected]>
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>On Wednesday, January 17th, 2024 at 1:33 PM, Gert Doering <[email protected]> wrote:


> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Jan 17, 2024 at 09:57:14AM +0000, Peter Davis wrote:
> 
> > 2024-01-17 13:17:56 MULTI: new connection by client 'Coders_Client' will cause previous active sessions by this client to be dropped. Remember to use the --duplicate-cn option if you want multiple clients using the same certificate or username to concurrently connect.
> 
> 
> ^^^ the server tells you what happens.
> 
> > As you can see, both clients are connected to the server with the
> > same key. When the second client connects, OpenVPN Connect on the
> > first client is still connected but not working.
> 
> 
> As you can see, the server has kicked the first client. It might not
> have noticed yet - but as you noticed "not working".
> 
> gert
> --
> "If was one thing all people took for granted, was conviction that if you
> feed honest figures into a computer, honest figures come out. Never doubted
> it myself till I met a computer with a sense of humor."
> Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
> 
> Gert Doering - Munich, Germany [email protected]

Hi,
Thanks again.
But why didn't the previous OpenVPN Connect disconnect? I want the previous user to be disconnected.
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