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OpenVPN Connect (iOS) • Re: OpenVPN Connect fails to import valid ovpn file

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I created a perfectly valid ovpn file to import onto an iOS phone. I repeatedly got an error that said "file is not UTF8".
I ran it through multiple apps to convert/check it. I used a hex editor to examine the file. Nothing was there except plain text.

Finally, I tried changing the line endings from "Windows" to "Unix". Then the file worked.

So, the error was incorrect. It wasn't reading it because of the line-endings but also, can you please make the client handle CR/LF line endings?
The .ovpn file issue with iOS devices is often resolved by changing line endings to Unix format. This is a known limitation of the iOS VPN client.

Statistics: Posted by esteban78 — Thu Nov 28, 2024 9:31 am



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