ovpn_peer_new(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ ovpn_peer_new(9) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the ovpn_peer_new(9) glow-up 💅 this little icon lives in the Kernel API Manual, and she's about to make a whole new peer object from scratch. main character energy only.

🦋 NAME 🦋

ovpn_peer_new — allocate and initialize a new peer object 🌸

like, literally spawn a peer. brand new. fresh out the box. ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

struct ovpn_peer * ovpn_peer_new (struct ovpn_priv *ovpn , u32 id );

that's the whole vibe. two args, one pointer out. slay. 💖

💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

  • ovpn — the openvpn instance inside which the peer should be created. it's giving "where this peer is gonna live", iykyk 🏠
  • id — the ID assigned to this peer. yes, she gets a whole ID. iconic. 🪪

🌈 RETURN 🌈

a pointer to the new peer on success 🫶 or an error code otherwise 😭 (so like… check it, bestie, don't just rawdog the return value fr fr)

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file is ./drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c — that's the mothership, go read her 🧚

and then the whole friend group, no cap, every single one:

ok that's literally the whole page, no filler, we ate and left no crumbs 🔥 go make some peers, bestie 💅

mwah 💋 this one's from ./drivers/net/ovpn, dated October 2026 — catch you in the next manpage, ovpn_peer_new(9) out 🎀

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