The University VPN

Here you find instructions how to connect with University Virtual Private Network (VPN)

Linux configuration

Following instruction works for Ubuntu 22.04

Install openconnect version 8.x (there are some problems with 9.x)

# Check openconnect version
apt policy openconnect
# Install if version matches requirements
sudo apt-get install -y openconnect

Create bin directory in your home dir

mkdir ~/bin

Add newly created dir to PATH variable

case "$SHELL" in
  "zsh") DOTFILE="~/.zshrc" ;;
  "bash") DOTFILE="~/.bashrc" ;;
  "ksh") DOTFILE="~/.kshrc" ;;
esac
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:~/bin"' >> $DOTFILE
source $DOTFILE

Install required packages

sudo apt-get install python3-pip
pip3 install https://github.com/dlenski/gp-saml-gui/archive/master.zip

Create script in ~/bin/vpn-uwr with following content

#!/bin/bash -xv
eval $( gp-saml-gui --gateway vpn.uwr.edu.pl --clientos=Windows --allow-insecure-crypto )
echo "$COOKIE" | sudo openconnect --protocol=gp -u "$USER" --os="$OS" --passwd-on-stdin "$HOST" &

Set execute privileges

set +x ~/bin/vpn-uwr

Run our script from terminal vpn-uwr to connect with University VPN - the window with University login page should appear - after successful login, connection will be established.