Re: Can a configuration item be cleared in the server.conf file

On Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:27:52 +0100, Gert Doering <[email protected]> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 11:27:41AM +0100, Jochen Bern wrote:
>> .02) OpenVPN prioritizes command line parameters over statements in config
>> files on the theory that someone probably typed them in for *this*
>> particular execution of the openvpn binary 
>
>It doesn't.  It depends on ordering
>
> openvpn --config myconfig.ovpn --something foo
>
>will make "--something foo" override any occurance of "--something" in
>the config file, because it's coming *later*
>
> openvpn --something foo --config myconfig.ovpn
>
>in this case, the config file will "win".
>
>Later occurances of the same option override prior occurances - which
>for obvious reasons does not work for "turn this on" flags with no
>parameter.
>
>gert

So there is nothing that can be done?


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