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Steffan Karger 0609eb477b Update manpage: OpenSSL might also need /dev/urandom inside chroot
As reported in trac ticket #646, OpenSSL might also need /dev/urandom to
be available in the chroot.  This depends on OS, OS version and ssl library
configuration.  Update the manpage to better explain this.

Signed-off-by: Steffan Karger <steffan@karger.me>
Acked-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
Message-Id: <1452196364-18786-1-git-send-email-steffan@karger.me>
URL: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/10954
Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
2016-01-08 08:47:29 +01:00
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doxygen Remove ENABLE_SSL define (and --disable-ssl configure option) 2014-12-31 17:36:54 +01:00
android.txt Add documentation for PERSIST_TUN_ACTION (Android specific) 2014-10-07 22:18:04 +02:00
keying-material-exporter.txt Added document for TLS Keying Material Exporters [RFC-5705] 2015-10-10 00:03:07 +02:00
Makefile.am build: integrate plugins build into core build 2012-06-26 11:29:02 +02:00
management-notes.txt extend management interface command "state" 2015-11-28 14:24:23 +01:00
openvpn.8 Update manpage: OpenSSL might also need /dev/urandom inside chroot 2016-01-08 08:47:29 +01:00
README.plugins build: integrate plugins build into core build 2012-06-26 11:29:02 +02:00

OpenVPN Plugins
---------------

Starting with OpenVPN 2.0-beta17, compiled plugin modules are
supported on any *nix OS which includes libdl or on Windows.
One or more modules may be loaded into OpenVPN using
the --plugin directive, and each plugin module is capable of
intercepting any of the script callbacks which OpenVPN supports:

(1) up
(2) down
(3) route-up
(4) ipchange
(5) tls-verify
(6) auth-user-pass-verify
(7) client-connect
(8) client-disconnect
(9) learn-address

See the openvpn-plugin.h file in the top-level directory of the
OpenVPN source distribution for more detailed information
on the plugin interface.

Included Plugins
----------------

auth-pam -- Authenticate using PAM and a split privilege
            execution model which functions even if
            root privileges or the execution environment
            have been altered with --user/--group/--chroot.
            Tested on Linux only.

down-root -- Enable the running of down scripts with root privileges
             even if --user/--group/--chroot have been used
             to drop root privileges or change the execution
             environment.  Not applicable on Windows.

examples -- A simple example that demonstrates a portable
            plugin, i.e. one which can be built for *nix
            or Windows from the same source.

Building Plugins
----------------

cd to the top-level directory of a plugin, and use the
"make" command to build it.  The examples plugin is
built using a build script, not a makefile.