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Hi,

hope i write this to the right place. Someone on the IRC suggested me to post my idea here.

Here is the official documentation of openvpn-gui :

Run Connect/Disconnect/Preconnect Scripts

====> There are three different scripts that OpenVPN GUI can execute to help with different tasks like mapping network drives.

Preconnect If a file named "xxx_pre.bat" exist in the config folder
where xxx is the same as your OpenVPN config file name, this will be executed BEFORE the OpenVPN tunnel is established.
Connect If a file named "xxx_up.bat" exist in the config folder
where xxx is the same as your OpenVPN config file name, this will be executed AFTER the OpenVPN tunnel is established.
Disconnect If a file named "xxx_down.bat" exist in the config folder
where xxx is the same as your OpenVPN config file name, this will be executed BEFORE the OpenVPN tunnel is closed. <====

As pfsense can create a executable installer with the GUI, the config and the cert/key file, the idea is the add the possibility to bundle up and down script in the installer provided by pfsense.

I did a small piece of code, in php, first time writing in php for me, sorry... Wich read the content from some template file and write it to a file, with the same name as config, like explained up here.

php_patch.txt

the two file are then bundled with the config and certs.

I also modified the openvpn-postinstall.exe so it will copy the new file, i just added this to the NSI and recompiled the thing :

"

DetailPrint "Installing network drive scripts"
${Locate} ".\config" "/L=F /M=*.bat" "CopyConfFile"
${Locate} ".\config" "/L=F /M=*.vbs" "CopyConfFile"
"

I also have this little vbs script that is used to wait some second before trying to map a drive for exemple. I copy it along with the script and the config / certs files.

sleep.txt

Now the openvpn client automaticatly run the scripts on connect and disconnect to map the drives.

I think this is a really USEFULL feature for pfsense !

Maybe we can add two text form to the openvopn-client-export page, then it will be possible to past in the form the content of the up_script and down_script.

If the form are empty, there is no script to copy.

And i think the sleep.vbs script has to be bundled with the script cause everyone that map a drive will be using this...

Sorry for my bad, i am not a dev, hope it will help !