OpenVPN is complaining about cached passwords

[Sampo]

Hi,

At SC2 client host '/etc/openvpn/logs/openvpn.log' contains the following warning:

WARNING: this configuration may cache passwords in memory – use the auth-nocache option to prevent thisa

Is there any specific reason as to why the OpenVPN client is caching passwords, or can this be changed safely without issues? OpenVPN client is using client certificate for authentication.

best regards,

Sampo

[sudeshjaiswal]

Hello @Sampo,

At SC2 client host '/etc/openvpn/logs/openvpn.log' contains the following warning:
WARNING: this configuration may cache passwords in memory – use the auth-nocache option to prevent this,Is there any specific reason as to why the OpenVPN client is caching passwords, or can this be changed safely without issues?
We are not using any password in openvpn config, It's just warning that in case if someone using password for openvpn authentication then in that case it will cache the password.

OpenVPN client is using client certificate for authentication. (Yes, it is using client certificate for authentication).

Thanks.

[Manu269]

@Sampo we even had similiar query when we were trying to rotate the certificate and we got the following response :

The warning message is just an FYI.

ALso OpenVPN is using client certificate for auth.