Cannot run more than one instance of gpclient cli

[aah7]

Since the upgrade to version 2.4.4 (2025-02-09) I am unable to run more than one gpclient cli instance in separate terminal windows.

sudo -E gpclient connect [vpn destination]

[2025-02-13T08:06:32Z INFO gpclient::cli] gpclient started: 2.4.4 (2025-02-09)
Error: Another instance of the client is already running

[yuezk]

@aah7 gpclient is supposed to run a single instance. Did you run them with different GlobalProtect VPN portals? Does the VPN work if you run multiple instances?

[aah7]

I was able to run two gpclients before in separate terminal windows to different VPN endpoints from the same workstation. For example:

Terminal 1 > connects to vpn endpoint vpn.something.com
Terminal 2 > connects to vpn endpoint vpn.somethingelse.com

I could do this simultaneously before but something has changed now.

[yuezk]

Sorry @aah7, I wrongly thought the underlying VPN didn't support multiple connections on the same machine. There is an issue regarding the lock file (#447). So, in 2.4.4, I checked the lock file before starting the client. You can downgrade to 2.3.3 for now and I will find a way to resolve this in 2.4.5 or revert it.