The University VPN

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

• 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.