Accessing the GlobalProtect VPN via Terminal
The following procedure demonstrates how to connect to the GlobalProtect VPN via command-line terminals. ========== 1. Install openconnect (at least version 8) and dnsmasq. 1.1. Debian-based Linux user@host: $ sudo apt-get update user@host: $ sudo apt-get install openconnect dnsmasq 2. Make a simple shell script to automate the login. #!/bin/sh #BEGIN CODE with the shebang above. user=`whoami`; if [ $user != "root" ]; then echo "sudo required"; exit; fi echo -n "VPN_PASSWORD" | sudo openconnect --protocol=gp --user=VPN_USERNAME --passwd-on-stdin https://VPN_DOMAIN_NAME #END CODE 3. Save the shell script and execute. 3.1. Using the shell command. user@host: $ sh myshellscript.sh 3.2. By itself after changing the mode to executable. user@host: $ chmod +x myshellscript.sh user@host: $ ./myshellscript.sh ==========