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Tunnelblick - Password or authentication failure
Tunnelblick stores usernames and passwords in the macOS keychain. If you are having authentication failures then you should first delete the keychain entries:
- Open
keychain access
utility by navigating to yourApplications
folder and thenUtilities
. - Select
Login
underkeychains
andall elements
underCategory
. - In the search box in the top right, enter
Tunnelblick
to filter all the Tunnelblick keychain entries. - Select all the Tunnelblick entries, select
edit
|delete
. - Close Tunnelblick and open it again and try to connect.
If you continue to have authentication issues please see I receive an ‘authentication failure’ message. What can I do?
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