Only traffic destined to the UofR will flow through the VPN connection - regular internet browsing will not. This allows services that are not available from off-campus due to firewall security rules, to be accessed from anywhere in the world. Owner: Network Analyst, Network & Communication ServicesĪ virtual private network (VPN) creates an encrypted connection to the UofR network which allows your computer to appear as though it is 'on campus' even though it is not. forticlientsslvpn-expect.Title: Configuring VPN Clients for UofR Secure Connection Token=$1 #new addition, 1st script parameter as variableĪnd i have added on more block in the expect part, check expect 'A FortiToken code is required for SSL-VPN login authentication.' below cat /tmp/expectĮxpect 'A FortiToken code is required for SSL-VPN login authentication.' #new block To make it more visible, in the VPN Credentials block i added # VPN Credentials Probably something is interfering between the read token part and the actual token passed to the authentication but I will further troubleshoot this when i have more time but for now maybe this is helpful to someone It asks for the password, certificate and token and everything is working as expectedĪnd running it with.

So i'm not sure if the problem is in my password where it includes a character (escaping with or in the token part or in the token code part.įorticlientsslvpn_cli -server host:443 -vpnuser vnn_user -keepalive Please check the password, client certificate, etc. I have tried to add also token handlingĮxpect 'A FortiToken code is required for SSL-VPN login authentication.'īut i keep getting an error about authentication Spawn $FORTICLIENT_PATH -server $VPN_HOST -vpnuser $VPN_USER -keepaliveĮxpect 'Would you like to connect to this server? (Y/N)' Killall -9 $(basename $FORTICLIENT_PATH ) 2> /dev/null 'Įcho 'Specify it at variable FORTCLIENT_PATH 'Įcho 'Located Forticlient VPN Client at: $FORTICLIENT_PATH 'Įcho 'Killing previous instances of Forticlient SSL VPN client. # If empty - script will take some simple logic to locate appropriate binary.įORTICLIENT_PATH= `uname -r | grep -q 64 & echo $(locate forticlientsslvpn_cli | grep 64bit ) || echo $(locate forticlientsslvpn_cli | grep 32bit ) `Įcho 'Tried to locate Forticlient SSL VPN Cli binary, but failed.

# Forticlient SSL VPN Client launching script utilizing expect.

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