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Bug #16360

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OpenVPN Custom Options Lack Carriage Returns on config.xml Restore

Added by Kris Phillips 2 months ago. Updated about 1 month ago.

Status:
Not a Bug
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
Category:
OpenVPN
Target version:
-
Start date:
Due date:
% Done:

0%

Estimated time:
Plus Target Version:
Release Notes:
Default
Affected Version:
2.8.0
Affected Architecture:

Description

When restoring a config that has OpenVPN custom options, all line items will be "mashed together" on one line without their proper carriage returns for spacing out each line in the custom config.

This can cause issues where a config.xml that is restored from backup will not allow a server or client to start because the custom options are invalid and lacking proper spacing.

For example:

custom-option1
custom-option2
custom-option3

will be presented as follows on a config restore:
custom-option1custom-option2custom-option3

Tested on both 25.07 and 2.8.0, but I don't believe this a new bug exclusive to this version, as I've seen it on previous Plus and CE releases.

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clipboard-202508092123-lkio8.png (17.3 KB) clipboard-202508092123-lkio8.png Jim Pingle, 08/10/2025 01:23 AM
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 #1

Updated by Jim Pingle 2 months ago

Newlines are not meant to be preserved. You separate statements with a semicolon, not a newline, as it says in the description below that box.

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Updated by Alex Kolesnik about 1 month ago

Jim, won't this break things if a line contains a comment, like:

custom-option1;
# this is for testing option2:
custom-option1;

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Updated by Jim Pingle about 1 month ago

Not if you terminate every line, including the comment line, with a semicolon.

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