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I have a batch that wraps AnyConnect Mobility Client CLI (vpncli.exe) and asks username and password to later handle them to vpncli.



Simplified code:



set /p user_id=Username:
set /p pwd=Password:
echo %user_id%> c:tempconfigvpn.txt
echo %pwd%>> c:tempconfigvpn.txt

set install_dir="C:Program Files (x86)CiscoCisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client"

%install_dir%vpncli.exe connect myvpn.mydomain.TLD -s < c:tempconfigvpn.txt

net use h: \fileserversharename /user:domain%user_id% %pwd%


The last line it's why we do it this way: to not prompt user password twice (first for connecting VPN and second to map network drive)



For security reasons I'm improving the script to not write password to disk. I need a fileless equivalent of this "< c:tempconfigvpn.txt"



I tried :



(
@echo %user_id%
@echo %pwd%
) | %install_dir%vpncli.exe connect myvpn.mydomain.TLD -s


Not success so far. The output is this loop:



  >> Please enter your username and password.
Group: VPN-TESTGROUP

Username: [myUsername] Password:
>> Login failed.
Group: VPN-TESTGROUP

Username: [myUsername] Password:
>> Login failed.


(repeats indefinitely)



Is there a way to do this?










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  • It seems vpncli.exe supports giving the username and password as parameters. See docstore.mik.ua/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/vpn/client/3_6/…
    – LPChip
    Dec 11 at 15:38










  • so: vpncli connect myvpn.mydomain.tld user MyUser pwd MyPass
    – LPChip
    Dec 11 at 15:39












  • Actually no. This is old documentation of legacy VPN Client. I tried myself but current vpncli (referring anyconnect 4.6) throws an error using this syntax. Thanks anyway
    – Filipe
    Dec 11 at 17:47










  • Question was asked and answered on StackOverFlow
    – Squashman
    Dec 12 at 4:29
















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I have a batch that wraps AnyConnect Mobility Client CLI (vpncli.exe) and asks username and password to later handle them to vpncli.



Simplified code:



set /p user_id=Username:
set /p pwd=Password:
echo %user_id%> c:tempconfigvpn.txt
echo %pwd%>> c:tempconfigvpn.txt

set install_dir="C:Program Files (x86)CiscoCisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client"

%install_dir%vpncli.exe connect myvpn.mydomain.TLD -s < c:tempconfigvpn.txt

net use h: \fileserversharename /user:domain%user_id% %pwd%


The last line it's why we do it this way: to not prompt user password twice (first for connecting VPN and second to map network drive)



For security reasons I'm improving the script to not write password to disk. I need a fileless equivalent of this "< c:tempconfigvpn.txt"



I tried :



(
@echo %user_id%
@echo %pwd%
) | %install_dir%vpncli.exe connect myvpn.mydomain.TLD -s


Not success so far. The output is this loop:



  >> Please enter your username and password.
Group: VPN-TESTGROUP

Username: [myUsername] Password:
>> Login failed.
Group: VPN-TESTGROUP

Username: [myUsername] Password:
>> Login failed.


(repeats indefinitely)



Is there a way to do this?










share|improve this question






















  • It seems vpncli.exe supports giving the username and password as parameters. See docstore.mik.ua/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/vpn/client/3_6/…
    – LPChip
    Dec 11 at 15:38










  • so: vpncli connect myvpn.mydomain.tld user MyUser pwd MyPass
    – LPChip
    Dec 11 at 15:39












  • Actually no. This is old documentation of legacy VPN Client. I tried myself but current vpncli (referring anyconnect 4.6) throws an error using this syntax. Thanks anyway
    – Filipe
    Dec 11 at 17:47










  • Question was asked and answered on StackOverFlow
    – Squashman
    Dec 12 at 4:29














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I have a batch that wraps AnyConnect Mobility Client CLI (vpncli.exe) and asks username and password to later handle them to vpncli.



Simplified code:



set /p user_id=Username:
set /p pwd=Password:
echo %user_id%> c:tempconfigvpn.txt
echo %pwd%>> c:tempconfigvpn.txt

set install_dir="C:Program Files (x86)CiscoCisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client"

%install_dir%vpncli.exe connect myvpn.mydomain.TLD -s < c:tempconfigvpn.txt

net use h: \fileserversharename /user:domain%user_id% %pwd%


The last line it's why we do it this way: to not prompt user password twice (first for connecting VPN and second to map network drive)



For security reasons I'm improving the script to not write password to disk. I need a fileless equivalent of this "< c:tempconfigvpn.txt"



I tried :



(
@echo %user_id%
@echo %pwd%
) | %install_dir%vpncli.exe connect myvpn.mydomain.TLD -s


Not success so far. The output is this loop:



  >> Please enter your username and password.
Group: VPN-TESTGROUP

Username: [myUsername] Password:
>> Login failed.
Group: VPN-TESTGROUP

Username: [myUsername] Password:
>> Login failed.


(repeats indefinitely)



Is there a way to do this?










share|improve this question













I have a batch that wraps AnyConnect Mobility Client CLI (vpncli.exe) and asks username and password to later handle them to vpncli.



Simplified code:



set /p user_id=Username:
set /p pwd=Password:
echo %user_id%> c:tempconfigvpn.txt
echo %pwd%>> c:tempconfigvpn.txt

set install_dir="C:Program Files (x86)CiscoCisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client"

%install_dir%vpncli.exe connect myvpn.mydomain.TLD -s < c:tempconfigvpn.txt

net use h: \fileserversharename /user:domain%user_id% %pwd%


The last line it's why we do it this way: to not prompt user password twice (first for connecting VPN and second to map network drive)



For security reasons I'm improving the script to not write password to disk. I need a fileless equivalent of this "< c:tempconfigvpn.txt"



I tried :



(
@echo %user_id%
@echo %pwd%
) | %install_dir%vpncli.exe connect myvpn.mydomain.TLD -s


Not success so far. The output is this loop:



  >> Please enter your username and password.
Group: VPN-TESTGROUP

Username: [myUsername] Password:
>> Login failed.
Group: VPN-TESTGROUP

Username: [myUsername] Password:
>> Login failed.


(repeats indefinitely)



Is there a way to do this?







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  • It seems vpncli.exe supports giving the username and password as parameters. See docstore.mik.ua/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/vpn/client/3_6/…
    – LPChip
    Dec 11 at 15:38










  • so: vpncli connect myvpn.mydomain.tld user MyUser pwd MyPass
    – LPChip
    Dec 11 at 15:39












  • Actually no. This is old documentation of legacy VPN Client. I tried myself but current vpncli (referring anyconnect 4.6) throws an error using this syntax. Thanks anyway
    – Filipe
    Dec 11 at 17:47










  • Question was asked and answered on StackOverFlow
    – Squashman
    Dec 12 at 4:29


















  • It seems vpncli.exe supports giving the username and password as parameters. See docstore.mik.ua/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/vpn/client/3_6/…
    – LPChip
    Dec 11 at 15:38










  • so: vpncli connect myvpn.mydomain.tld user MyUser pwd MyPass
    – LPChip
    Dec 11 at 15:39












  • Actually no. This is old documentation of legacy VPN Client. I tried myself but current vpncli (referring anyconnect 4.6) throws an error using this syntax. Thanks anyway
    – Filipe
    Dec 11 at 17:47










  • Question was asked and answered on StackOverFlow
    – Squashman
    Dec 12 at 4:29
















It seems vpncli.exe supports giving the username and password as parameters. See docstore.mik.ua/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/vpn/client/3_6/…
– LPChip
Dec 11 at 15:38




It seems vpncli.exe supports giving the username and password as parameters. See docstore.mik.ua/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/vpn/client/3_6/…
– LPChip
Dec 11 at 15:38












so: vpncli connect myvpn.mydomain.tld user MyUser pwd MyPass
– LPChip
Dec 11 at 15:39






so: vpncli connect myvpn.mydomain.tld user MyUser pwd MyPass
– LPChip
Dec 11 at 15:39














Actually no. This is old documentation of legacy VPN Client. I tried myself but current vpncli (referring anyconnect 4.6) throws an error using this syntax. Thanks anyway
– Filipe
Dec 11 at 17:47




Actually no. This is old documentation of legacy VPN Client. I tried myself but current vpncli (referring anyconnect 4.6) throws an error using this syntax. Thanks anyway
– Filipe
Dec 11 at 17:47












Question was asked and answered on StackOverFlow
– Squashman
Dec 12 at 4:29




Question was asked and answered on StackOverFlow
– Squashman
Dec 12 at 4:29















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