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author | chantra <chantra@debuntu.org> | 2011-03-25 10:24:30 +0100 |
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committer | David Sommerseth <davids@redhat.com> | 2011-03-25 13:19:06 +0100 |
commit | dc2ccc825c6952546132286c57b193d8bb9daacd (patch) | |
tree | 0fb658279114eb8d6364e4a4b11759b3ccd51318 | |
parent | Use a version-less version identifier on the master branch (diff) | |
download | openvpn-dc2ccc825c6952546132286c57b193d8bb9daacd.tar.xz |
Clarify --tmp-dir option
Signed-off-by: chantra <chantra@debuntu.org>
Acked-By: David Sommerseth <davids@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sommerseth <davids@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r-- | openvpn.8 | 17 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | options.c | 2 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -2928,9 +2928,26 @@ file. Specify a directory .B dir for temporary files. This directory will be used by +openvpn processes and script to communicate temporary +data with openvpn main process. Note that +the directory must be writable by the OpenVPN process +after it has dropped it's root privileges. + +This directory will be used by in the following cases: + +* .B \-\-client-connect scripts to dynamically generate client-specific configuration files. + +* +.B OPENVPN_PLUGIN_AUTH_USER_PASS_VERIFY +plugin hook to return success/failure via auth_control_file +when using deferred auth method + +* +.B OPENVPN_PLUGIN_ENABLE_PF +plugin hook to pass filtering rules via pf_file .\"********************************************************* .TP .B \-\-hash-size r v @@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ static const char usage_message[] = "--client-disconnect cmd : Run script cmd on client disconnection.\n" "--client-config-dir dir : Directory for custom client config files.\n" "--ccd-exclusive : Refuse connection unless custom client config is found.\n" - "--tmp-dir dir : Temporary directory, used for --client-connect return file.\n" + "--tmp-dir dir : Temporary directory, used for --client-connect return file and plugin communication.\n" "--hash-size r v : Set the size of the real address hash table to r and the\n" " virtual address table to v.\n" "--bcast-buffers n : Allocate n broadcast buffers.\n" |