I am trying to get the binhex-qbittorrentvpn docker image up and running. For reasons, I have privado vpn for free through a bundle with some other services, so I was trying to get that up and running as my vpn provider on the docker image. However, I keep getting ‘auth failed’ in the logs.
- I have checked that I can connect through the normal privado vpn client (so yes, I remember my password)
- I have downloaded a .ovpn file from the privado vpn site and the docker image is able to find that just fine (in config/openvpn)
I am fairly certain that the issue is the following: The binhex docker image explicitly recommends to have no special characters in the VPN password. However, the privado vpn enforces that you must have at least one special character in the password. Hence, I can’t change the password on the connection to something without special chars in it. The binhex doc indicates that special chars MAY cause issues, not that it automacally will. Does anyone have any insights into what could work in terms of special chars and what will not?
What to do? Suggestions are most welcome.
Edit - SOLVED: After faffing about with various special characters in the privado password, I landed on a combination that worked in the docker image without issues. Without saying too much, I landed on a password with an ambersand as the only special character somewhere in the password, which seems to be working.