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macOS Mojave connect to vpn via commandline
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # Call with <script> "<VPN Connection Name>" | |
| set -e | |
| #set -x | |
| vpn="$1" | |
| echo "$vpn" | |
| function isnt_connected () { | |
| #scutil --nc status "$vpn" | sed -n 1p | grep -qv Connected | |
| #echo "inside isnt_connected()" | |
| networksetup -showpppoestatus "$vpn" | sed -n 1p | grep -vqw connected | |
| #echo "exiting isnt_connected()" | |
| } | |
| function poll_until_connected () { | |
| echo "inside poll_until_connected()" | |
| let loops=0 || true | |
| let max_loops=200 # 200 * 0.1 is 20 seconds. Bash doesn't support floats | |
| while isnt_connected "$vpn"; do | |
| sleep 0.1 # can't use a variable here, bash doesn't have floats | |
| let loops=$loops+1 | |
| [ $loops -gt $max_loops ] && break | |
| done | |
| [ $loops -le $max_loops ] | |
| echo "exiting poll_until_connected()" | |
| } | |
| #scutil --nc start "$vpn" | |
| echo "connecting vpn" | |
| networksetup -connectpppoeservice "$vpn" | |
| echo "ran vpn connection command" | |
| if poll_until_connected "$vpn"; then | |
| echo "Connected to $vpn!" | |
| exit 0 | |
| else | |
| echo "I'm too impatient!" | |
| #scutil --nc stop "$vpn" | |
| echo "disconnecting vpn" | |
| networksetup -disconnectpppoeservice "$vpn" | |
| echo "vpn disconected command finished" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi |
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