Enabling auto-login: style fixes.
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=== Enabling auto-login ===
=== Enabling auto-login ===
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{{Note|As of version 1.5, the command as changed from {{ic|pia-auto-login.py}} to {{ic|pia}}. Also, command line options have changed.}}
Enabling auto-login allows a user to connect to the VPN service without having type any passwords on the command line (needed when using {{pkg|networkmanager}}). To set this up, you must do the following:
Enabling auto-login allows a user to connect to the VPN service without having type any passwords on the command line (needed when using {{pkg|networkmanager}}). To set this up, you must do the following:
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# chmod 0600 /etc/private-internet-access/login.conf
# chmod 0600 /etc/private-internet-access/login.conf
# chown root:root /etc/private-internet-access/login.conf}} This secures the access to the file from non-root users. Read more on [[File permissions and attributes]]. It is '''required''' when activating auto-login.
# chown root:root /etc/private-internet-access/login.conf}} This secures the access to the file from non-root users. Read more on [[File permissions and attributes]]. It is '''required''' when activating auto-login.
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*Run {{ic|pia-
auto-login.py -l
}} as root.
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*Run {{ic|pia -
a
}} as root.
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**If you have {{pkg|networkmanager}} installed, it will created the configuration files for {{pkg|networkmanager}}. Make sure to restart {{pkg|networkmanager}} to see them.
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**If you have {{pkg|networkmanager}} installed, it will created the configuration files for {{pkg|networkmanager}}. Make sure to
[[
restart
]]
{{pkg|networkmanager}} to see them.
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**If you have {{pkg|connman}} installed, it will create the configuration files for {{pkg|connman}}.
Make sure you have
{{ic|connman-vpn.service}} running. It will auto load the profiles.
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**If you have {{pkg|connman}} installed, it will create the configuration files for {{pkg|connman}}.
[[Start]]
{{ic|connman-vpn.service}}
if not
running
already
. It will auto load the profiles.
=== Manually Connecting to VPN ===
=== Manually Connecting to VPN ===
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* For {{Pkg|connman}}:
* For {{Pkg|connman}}:
#[[enable]] the {{ic|connman-vpn.service}}.
#[[enable]] the {{ic|connman-vpn.service}}.
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#Run {{ic|pia-
auto-login.py -l
}} as root.
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#Run {{ic|pia -
a
}} as root.
{{note|These are unsupported configurations.}}
{{note|These are unsupported configurations.}}