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Bug #13232

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Restoring Config with OpenVPN Custom Options Removes Carriage Returns

Added by Kris Phillips over 2 years ago. Updated over 2 years ago.

Status:
Duplicate
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
Category:
Web Interface
Target version:
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Affected Architecture:
All

Description

If you back up a config on one device and then restore it in another, if you have an OpenVPN client (potentially server as well) that has custom options with carriage returns for each line, the carriage returns are removed and the config will fail to work due to spacing issues.


Related issues

Is duplicate of Bug #12641: OpenVPN GUI Config Editor removes newlines of "Custom options" field in parsingNot a Bug

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Actions #1

Updated by Marcos M over 2 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Duplicate

This seems more like a feature than a bug, considering that the description and documentation both say to separate with semicolon, not new lines.
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/vpn/openvpn/configure-server-advanced.html#custom-options

Actions #2

Updated by Marcos M over 2 years ago

  • Is duplicate of Bug #12641: OpenVPN GUI Config Editor removes newlines of "Custom options" field in parsing added
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