[SOLVED] Enter openvpn private key password in a bash script

Issue

I got this function in a bash script:

function start_vpn() {
sudo ip netns exec frootvpn openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/frootvpn.conf &

while ! sudo ip netns exec frootvpn ip a show dev tun0 up; do
    sleep .5
done
}

It fails because it doesn't stop to let me enter the private key password. When I enter sudo ip netns exec frootvpn openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/frootvpn.conf manually I got the private key prompt but in the script it doesn't wait for me to enter it :)

Solution

If you mean the sudo password you can try

sudo sh -c 'ip netns exec frootvpn openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/frootvpn.conf &'

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For the openvpn password you could try asking it to read it from a fifo. You would then echo your password into the fifo. I havent tried this.

mkfifo ~/myfifo
sudo sh -c 'ip ... openvpn --askpass ~/myfifo ... &'

Then interactively, if you dont want your password echoed:

$ stty -echo; cat >~/myfifo; stty echo
type your password
type control-D for eof

Answered By - meuh

Answer Checked By - David Goodson (WPSolving Volunteer)