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__ python authentication server enables VPN authentication of users connected to the VPN.
For new OSX versions (El Capitan and above) the default system python
installation cannot be modified with standard means. There are some
workarounds, but one can also use --user
switch for pip.
::
pip install --user cryptography
Pip may have a problem with updating appdirs due to missing directory. It helps to update this package manually
::
pip install --upgrade --no-cache appdirs
State is stored in MySQL database.
.. code:: sql
CREATE DATABASE vpnauth CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON vpnauth.* TO 'vpnauth'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'vpnauth_passwd';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
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Enigma Bridge VPN authenticator
We found that vpnauth demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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