Could not read private key username/password/ok/string from management

Virtual Private Networks OpenVPN
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We have been utilizing OpenVPN for years to connect to our company network.

A colleague installed the latest version of the client, v2.6.1, on a new machine, copied the key file and tried to connect as always. After entering username and password, he gets:
ERROR: could not read Private Key username/password/ok/string from management

After downgrading to 2.5.10, there was no error message and he got connected.

What happened between the versions that causes the error?

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Hi,

looking at the release notes of version 2.6.1, no changes in OpenVPN’s client immediately strike me as relevant.

Potentially, this might be related to the transition to OpenSSL 3.x; does recreating and reimporting the OpenVPN certificates change the behavior of your client?

Thanks, and best regards,
Peter Müller