No cookie option?

[nkgiovannivl]

Hi All,

I'm trying to connect using --cookie option, but my installation does not have this option, how can I get it? Thanks!

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root@test:/# apt install openfortivpn
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root@test:/# man openfortivpn  

OPENFORTIVPN(1)                                                                              General Commands Manual                                                                              OPENFORTIVPN(1)

NAME
       openfortivpn - Client for PPP+SSL VPN tunnel services

SYNOPSIS
       openfortivpn  [<host>[:<port>]]  [-u  <user>]  [-p <pass>] [--otp=<otp>] [--otp-prompt=<prompt>] [--otp-delay=<delay>] [--realm=<realm>] [--set-routes=<bool>] [--no-routes] [--set-dns=<bool>] [--no-dns]
       [--half-internet-routes=<bool>] [--ca-file=<file>] [--user-cert=<file>] [--user-cert=pkcs11:]  [--user-key=<file>]  [--use-syslog]  [--trusted-cert=<digest>]  [--insecure-ssl]  [--cipher-list=<ciphers>]
       [--pppd-use-peerdns=<bool>]  [--pppd-no-peerdns]  [--pppd-log=<file>]  [--pppd-plugin=<file>]  [--pppd-ipparam=<string>]  [--pppd-ifname=<string>] [--pppd-call=<name>] [--ppp-system=<string>] [--persis-
       tent=<interval>] [-c <file>] [-v|-q]
       openfortivpn --help
       openfortivpn --version

[Dimitri Papadopoulos Orfanos]

Ubuntu often ship old versions of software. You need to upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04 or build from sources.