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Command Line Installation of Tunnelblick and ConfigurationsTunnelblick includes an "installer" program that can, when run as root, install or replace the Tunnelblick application itself, or install or modify safe or unsafe configurations. Installing or replacing Tunnelblick from the command lineTo copy Tunnelblick.app to /Applications, secure it, install its "daemon" (helper), and make it ready to be launched and used by any user (standard or admin), execute the following command: where path is the path to the copy of Tunnelblick.app to be installed. Note:
Installing or replacing configurations from the command lineOnce Tunnelblick has been installed, the following commands can be used to install a configuration: Note:
Install a Shared configuration (one which can be used by all users of the computer): where source-path is the path to the .tblk to be installed and subfolder is an optional subfolder of the Tunnelblick configurations in which the configuration is to be installed. Examples: will install a configuration which will appear in Tunnelblick as "VPN1". will install a configuration which will appear in Tunnelblick as "usa/michigan/detroit/VPN1". Install a Private configuration (one which can be used only by one user of the computer): where username is the short username of the user who will be able to use the configuration, source-path is the path to the .tblk to be installed, and subfolder is an optional subfolder of the Tunnelblick configurations in which the configuration is to be installed. Examples: will install a configuration which will appear in Tunnelblick as "VPN1" and which can be used only by user "johnsmith". will install a configuration which will appear in Tunnelblick as "usa/michigan/detroit/VPN1" and which can be used only by user "johnsmith". |