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--- a/openvpn.8
+++ b/openvpn.8
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ openvpn \- secure IP tunnel daemon.
[\ \fB\-\-askpass\fR\ \fI[file]\fR\ ]
[\ \fB\-\-auth\-nocache\fR\ ]
[\ \fB\-\-auth\-retry\fR\ \fItype\fR\ ]
+[\ \fB\-\-auth\-user\-pass\-optional\fR\ ]
[\ \fB\-\-auth\-user\-pass\-verify\fR\ \fIscript\fR\ ]
[\ \fB\-\-auth\-user\-pass\fR\ \fIup\fR\ ]
[\ \fB\-\-auth\fR\ \fIalg\fR\ ]
@@ -3250,6 +3251,24 @@ For a sample script that performs PAM authentication, see
in the OpenVPN source distribution.
.\"*********************************************************
.TP
+.B --auth-user-pass-optional
+Allow connections by clients that do not specify a username/password.
+Normally, when
+.B --auth-user-pass-verify
+or
+.B --management-client-auth
+is specified (or an authentication plugin module), the
+OpenVPN server daemon will require connecting clients to specify a
+username and password. This option makes the submission of a username/password
+by clients optional, passing the responsibility to the user-defined authentication
+module/script to accept or deny the client based on other factors
+(such as the setting of X509 certificate fields). When this option is used,
+and a connecting client does not submit a username/password, the user-defined
+authentication module/script will see the username and password as being set
+to empty strings (""). The authentication module/script MUST have logic
+to detect this condition and respond accordingly.
+.\"*********************************************************
+.TP
.B --client-cert-not-required
Don't require client certificate, client will authenticate
using username/password only. Be aware that using this directive