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author | Heiko Hund <heiko.hund@sophos.com> | 2013-02-22 10:44:20 +0100 |
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committer | Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de> | 2013-03-07 20:22:03 +0100 |
commit | 26b0433c4a642f8d2197f3fd371759f0047bd0bd (patch) | |
tree | 6ec643917a41b6c7825ce2cb2549d88c353d5f1b /doc | |
parent | f8ac53b98ed2513f1d80363b6fd2351f1b4ae511 (diff) | |
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reintroduce --no-name-remapping option
The option is just an alias for --compat-names no-remapping and is
introduced so pre-2.3 server configurations don't break.
Signed-off-by: Heiko Hund <heiko.hund@sophos.com>
Acked-by: Arne Schwabe <arne@rfc2549.org>
Message-Id: 1361526263-1740-2-git-send-email-heiko.hund@sophos.com
URL: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/7364
Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/openvpn.8 | 32 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/openvpn.8 b/doc/openvpn.8 index 829bbd2..998f7ab 100644 --- a/doc/openvpn.8 +++ b/doc/openvpn.8 @@ -3462,19 +3462,16 @@ characters in the usernames, X.509 Subject fields and Common Name variables and it complies to the RFC 2253, UTF\-8 String Representation of Distinguished Names. -As a backwards compatibility for the removed \-\-no\-name\-remapping feature in -older OpenVPN versions, the +The .B no\-remapping mode flag can be used with the .B \-\-compat\-names -option. -When this mode flag is used, the Common Name, Subject, and username strings are -allowed to include any printable character including space, but excluding -control characters such as tab, newline, and carriage-return. It ensures -compatibility with the -.B \-\-no\-name\-remapping -option of OpenVPN versions before v2.3. +option to be compatible with the now deprecated \-\-no\-name\-remapping feature +present in older OpenVPN versions. When this mode flag is used, the Common Name, +Subject, and username strings are allowed to include any printable character +including space, but excluding control characters such as tab, newline, and +carriage-return. .B Please note: This option will not be around for a long time. It is only implemented @@ -3483,6 +3480,23 @@ removed either in OpenVPN v2.4 or v2.5. So please make sure you start the process to support the new formatting as soon as possible. .\"********************************************************* .TP +.B \-\-no\-name\-remapping (DEPRECATED) +The +.B \-\-no\-name\-remapping +option is an alias for +.B \-\-compat\-names\ no\-remapping. +It ensures compatibility with configurations using the +.B \-\-no\-name\-remapping +option. + +.B Please note: +This option is now deprecated. It will be removed either in OpenVPN v2.4 +or v2.5. So please make sure you support the new X.509 name formatting +described with the +.B \-\-compat\-names +option as soon as possible. +.\"********************************************************* +.TP .B \-\-port-share host port [dir] When run in TCP server mode, share the OpenVPN port with another application, such as an HTTPS server. If OpenVPN |