Provided by: openfortivpn_1.12.0-1_amd64 
NAME
openfortivpn - Client for PPP+SSL VPN tunnel services
SYNOPSIS
openfortivpn [<host>[:<port>]] [-u <user>] [-p <pass>] [--otp=<otp>] [--otp-prompt=<prompt>]
[--otp-delay=<delay>] [--realm=<realm>] [--set-routes=<bool>] [--no-routes] [--set-dns=<bool>] [--no-dns]
[--half-internet-routes=<bool>] [--ca-file=<file>] [--user-cert=<file>] [--user-cert=pkcs11:]
[--user-key=<file>] [--use-syslog] [--trusted-cert=<digest>] [--insecure-ssl] [--cipher-list=<ciphers>]
[--pppd-use-peerdns=<bool>] [--pppd-no-peerdns] [--pppd-log=<file>] [--pppd-plugin=<file>]
[--pppd-ipparam=<string>] [--pppd-ifname=<string>] [--pppd-call=<name>] [--ppp-system=<string>]
[--persistent=<interval>] [-c <file>] [-v|-q]
openfortivpn --help
openfortivpn --version
DESCRIPTION
openfortivpn connects to a VPN by setting up a tunnel to the gateway at <host>:<port>.
OPTIONS
--help Show the help message and exit.
--version
Show version and exit.
-c <file>, --config=<file>
Specify a custom config file (default: /etc/openfortivpn/config).
-u <user>, --username=<user>
VPN account username.
-p <pass>, --password=<pass>
VPN account password.
-o <otp>, --otp=<otp>
One-Time-Password.
--otp-prompt=<prompt>
Search for the OTP password prompt starting with the string <prompt>.
--otp-delay=<delay>
Set the amount of time to wait before sending the One-Time-Password. The delay time must be
specified in seconds, where 0 means no wait (this is the default).
--realm=<realm>
Connect to the specified authentication realm. Defaults to empty, which is usually what you want.
--set-routes=<bool>, --no-routes
Set if openfortivpn should try to configure IP routes through the VPN when tunnel is up. If used
multiple times, the last one takes priority.
--no-routes is the same as --set-routes=0.
--half-internet-routes=<bool>
Set if openfortivpn should add two 0.0.0.0/1 and 128.0.0.0/1 routes with higher priority instead
of replacing the default route.
--set-dns=<bool>, --no-dns
Set if openfortivpn should add DNS name servers in /etc/resolv.conf when tunnel is up. Also a
dns-suffix may be received from the peer and added to /etc/resolv.conf in the turn of adding the
name servers. resolvconf is instructed to do the update of the resolv.conf file if it is
installed, otherwise openfortivpn prepends its changes to the existing content of the resolv.conf
file. Note that there may be other mechanisms to update /etc/resolv.conf, e.g.,
--pppd-use-peerdns in conjunction with an ip-up-script, which may require that openfortivpn is
called with --no-dns. --no-dns is the same as --set-dns=0.
--ca-file=<file>
Use specified PEM-encoded certificate bundle instead of system-wide store to verify the gateway
certificate.
--user-cert=<file>
Use specified PEM-encoded certificate if the server requires authentication with a certificate.
--user-cert=pkcs11:
Use at least the string pkcs11: for using a smartcard. It takes the full or a partial PKCS11-URI
(p11tool --list-token-urls)
--user-cert = pkcs11:
--user-cert = pkcs11:token=someuser
--user-cert =
pkcs11:model=PKCS%2315%20emulated;manufacturer=piv_II;serial=012345678;token=someuser
This feature requires OpenSSL PKCS engine!
--user-key=<file>
Use specified PEM-encoded key if the server requires authentication with a certificate.
--use-syslog
Log to syslog instead of terminal.
--trusted-cert=<digest>
Trust a given gateway. If classical SSL certificate validation fails, the gateway certificate will
be matched against this value. <digest> is the X509 certificate's sha256 sum. The certificate has
to be encoded in DER form. This option can be used multiple times to trust several certificates.
--insecure-ssl
Do not disable insecure SSL protocols/ciphers. If your server requires a specific cipher,
consider using --cipher-list instead.
--cipher-list=<ciphers>
OpenSSL ciphers to use. If default does not work, you can try alternatives such as HIGH:!MD5:!RC4
or as suggested by the Cipher: line in the output of openssl(1) (e.g. AES256-GCM-SHA384):
$ openssl s_client -connect <host:port>
(default: HIGH:!aNULL:!kRSA:!PSK:!SRP:!MD5:!RC4)
--use-peer-dns=<bool>, --pppd-no-peerdns
Whether to ask peer ppp server for DNS server addresses and let pppd rewrite /etc/resolv.conf.
There is no mechanism to tell the dns-suffix to pppd. If the DNS server addresses are requested,
also --set-dns=1 may race with the mechanisms in pppd.
--pppd-no-peerdns is the same as --pppd-use-peerdns=0.
--pppd-log=<file>
Set pppd in debug mode and save its logs into <file>.
--pppd-plugin=<file>
Use specified pppd plugin instead of configuring the resolver and routes directly.
--pppd-ipparam=<string>
Provides an extra parameter to the ip-up, ip-pre-up and ip-down scripts. See man pppd(8) for
further details
--pppd-ifname=<string>
Set the ppp interface name. Only if supported by pppd. Patched versions of pppd implement this
option but may not be available on your platform.
--pppd-call=<name>
Drop usual arguments from pppd command line and add `call <name>' instead. This can be useful on
Debian and Ubuntu, where unprivileged users in group `dip' can invoke `pppd call <name>' to make
pppd read and apply options from /etc/ppp/peers/<name> (including privileged ones).
--ppp-system=<string>
Only available if compiled for ppp user space client (e.g. on FreeBSD). Connect to the specified
system as defined in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf
--persistent=<interval>
Run the VPN persistently in an endless loop and try to reconnect forever. The reconnect interval
may be specified in seconds, where 0 means no reconnect is done (this is the default).
-v Increase verbosity. Can be used multiple times to be even more verbose.
-q Decrease verbosity. Can be used multiple times to be even less verbose.
ENVIRONMENT and proxy support
openfortivpn can be run behind an HTTP proxy that supports the HTTP connect command. It checks if one of
the environment variables https_proxy HTTPS_PROXY all_proxy ALL_PROXY is set which are supposed to
contain a string of the format
http://[host]:[port]
where [host] is the ip or the fully qualified host name of the proxy server [port] is the TCP port number
where the proxy is listening for incoming connections. If one of these variables is defined, openfortivpn
tries to first establish a TCP connection to this proxy (plain HTTP, not encrypted), and then makes a
request to connect to the VPN host as given on the command line or in the config file. The proxy is
supposed to forward any subsequent packets transparently to the VPN host, so that the TLS layer of the
connection effectively is established between the client and the VPN host, and the proxy just acts as a
forwarding instance on the lower level of the TCP connection.
The following environment variables are set by openfortivpn and pppd(8) or its scripts can obtain
information this way:
VPN_GATEWAY the ip of the gateway host
and for each route three variables are set up, where an integer number is appended to the variable names,
denoting the number of the current route:
VPN_ROUTE_DEST_... the destination network of the route
VPN_ROUTE_MASK_... the network mask for this route
VPN_ROUTE_GATEWAY_... the gateway for the current route entry
If not compiled for pppd the pppd options and features that rely on them are not available. On FreeBSD
--ppp-system is available instead.
CONFIG FILE
Options can be taken from a configuration file. Options passed in the command line will override those
from the config file, though. The default config file is /etc/openfortivpn/config, but this can be set
using the -c option. An empty template for the config file is installed to
/usr/share/openfortivpn/config.template
A config file looks like:
# this is a comment
host = vpn-gateway
port = 443
username = foo
password = bar
# realm = some-realm
# useful for a gui that passes a config file to openfortivpn
# otp = 123456
# otp-delay = 0
# otp-prompt = Please
# pinentry = pinentry program
user-cert = /etc/openfortivpn/user-cert.pem
# user-cert = pkcs1: # use smartcard as client certificate
user-key = /etc/openfortivpn/user-key.pem
# the sha256 digest of the trusted host certs obtained by
# openssl dgst -sha256 server-cert.crt:
trusted-cert = certificatedigest4daa8c5fe6c...
trusted-cert = othercertificatedigest6631bf...
# This would specify a ca bundle instead of system-wide store
# ca-file = /etc/openfortivpn/ca-bundle.pem
set-dns = 0
set-routes = 1
half-internet-routes = 0
pppd-use-peerdns = 1
# alternatively, use a specific pppd plugin instead
# pppd-plugin = /usr/lib/pppd/default/some-plugin.so
# for debugging pppd write logs here
# pppd-log = /var/log/pppd.log
# pass ppp interface name to pppd (if supported by a patched pppd)
# pppd-ifname = ppp1
# pass an ipparam string to pppd, e.g. the device name (a similar use case)
# pppd-ipparam = 'device=$DEVICE'
# instruct pppd to call a script instead of passing arguments (if pppd supports it)
# pppd-call = script
# use-syslog = 0
insecure-ssl = 0
cipher-list = HIGH:!aNULL:!kRSA:!PSK:!SRP:!MD5:!RC4
persistent = 0
seclevel-1 = 0
December 11, 2019 OPENFORTIVPN(1)