CLI logins fail on SAML and SSO VPN servers
OpenConnect cannot finish SAML or SSO logins from the command line, so VPN users on Linux and macOS are blocked.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
6 public reports · first reported 22 October 2019 · last reported 13 December 2024
What's going wrong
Many corporate VPN gateways now require SAML or single sign-on, and OpenConnect stops with a message about a missing SSO handler when run without a graphical window.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
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