---
name: "connman-vpn.conf"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "connman"
version: "2.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/connman-vpn.conf"
---

# connman-vpn.conf(5)

ConnMan-VPN configuration file

## NAME

connman-vpn.conf - ConnMan-VPN configuration file

## SYNOPSIS

**/etc/connman/connman-vpn.conf**

## DESCRIPTION

**connman-vpn.conf** is a configuration file for ConnMan-VPN. The configuration file is optional but it can be used to set up various aspects of ConnMan-VPN's behavior. The location of the file may be changed through use of the **--config=** argument for [**connman-vpn**(8)](/connman-vpn/8.md).

DAC privileges (user, group and supplementary groups) of a VPN binary ran by [**connman-vpn**(8)](/connman-vpn/8.md) can be controlled by this configuration. Configuration in **connman-vpn.conf** is for all VPN types and can be overridden by defining separate configs into **/etc/connman/vpn-plugin/** using the plugin name + .conf suffix using the same syntax. For example, for OpenVPN the path to config is **/etc/connman/vpn-plugin/openvpn.conf** which will override any value in the main configuration.

## FILE FORMAT

The configuration file consists of sections (groups) of key-value pairs. Lines beginning with a '#' and blank lines are considered comments. Sections are started by a header line containing the section enclosed in '\[' and '\]', and ended implicitly by the start of the next section or the end of the file. Each key-value pair must be contained in a section.

Description of sections and available keys follows:

### \[General\]

This section is the only mandatory section of the configuration file.

- **InputRequestTimeout=***secs*

  Set input request timeout. Default is 300 seconds. The request for inputs like passphrase will timeout after certain amount of time. Use this setting to increase the value in case of different user interface designs.

### \[DACPrivileges\]

This section controls the DAC privileges to use for a VPN binary used by a VPN plugin. DAC privileges that can be set are user, group and supplementary groups.

- **User=***username/uid*

  User on the system to use for running VPN binary. Username or uid can be used.

- **Group=***groupname/gid*

  The main group to use for running VPN binary. Group name or gid can be used.

- **SupplementaryGroups=***groupnames/gids*

  Comma separated list of supplementary groups to set for the VPN binary. Groups can be defined with their names or gid's.

## EXAMPLES

The following example configuration sets InputRequestTimeout to 10 minutes, runs VPNs as user "vpn\_user" of group "vpn" with additional supplementary groups "inet" and "net\_admin".

```
[General]
InputRequestTimeout = 600
[DACPrivileges]
User = vpn_user
Group = vpn
SupplementaryGroups = inet, net_admin
```

## SEE ALSO

[**connman**(8)](/connman/8.md), **connman-vpn**(8)