id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc 1360,--askpass no longer works since 2.5.0-3,TimCostrop,,"Hi I have configured the openvpn client as a systemd service, which reads a file with password with the askpass option. Since I upgraded to 2.5.0-3 this no longer works, and always gives a permissions error. I've tried different chmod configuration to see if any would give me a working result, but no avail. === openvpn.log, slightly redacted {{{ Dec 07 10:38:38 Gjoll systemd[1]: Starting OpenVPN tunnel for xxx... Dec 07 10:38:39 Gjoll openvpn[13826]: DEPRECATED OPTION: --cipher set to 'AES-256-CBC' but missing in --data-cip> Dec 07 10:38:39 Gjoll openvpn[13826]: Options error: --askpass fails with 'xxx-login.conf': Permission denied > Dec 07 10:38:39 Gjoll openvpn[13826]: Options error: Please correct these errors. Dec 07 10:38:39 Gjoll openvpn[13826]: Use --help for more information. Dec 07 10:38:39 Gjoll systemd[1]: openvpn-client@xxx.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILU> Dec 07 10:38:39 Gjoll systemd[1]: openvpn-client@xxx.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Dec 07 10:38:39 Gjoll systemd[1]: Failed to start OpenVPN tunnel for xxx. }}} === Device info {{{ $> uname -r 5.9.11-arch2-1 $> lsb_release -a LSB Version: 1.4 Distributor ID: Arch Description: Arch Linux Release: rolling Codename: n/a $> openvpn --version OpenVPN 2.5.0 [git:makepkg/a73072d8f780e888+] x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [MH/PKTINFO] [AEAD] built on Nov 6 2020 library versions: OpenSSL 1.1.1h 22 Sep 2020, LZO 2.10 Originally developed by James Yonan Copyright (C) 2002-2018 OpenVPN Inc Compile time defines: }}} ",Bug / Defect,closed,blocker,,Configuration,OpenVPN 2.5.0 (Community Ed),"Not set (select this one, unless your'e a OpenVPN developer)",fixed-external,askpass,tct