Simple script intended to automate Fortinet SSL VPN Client connection on Linux using expect scripting.

forticlientsslvpn-expect.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Forticlient SSL VPN Client launching script utilizing expect.

# --------------------------------------------
# CONFIGURATION

# If empty - script will take some simple logic to locate appropriate binary.
FORTICLIENT_PATH=""

# VPN Credentials
VPN_HOST="host:10443"
VPN_USER="username"
VPN_PASS="password"

# --------------------------------------------

trap ctrl_c INT

function ctrl_c() {
  echo "Removing left-over files..."
  rm -f /tmp/expect
}

if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
  echo "This script must be run as root"
  exit 1
fi

if [ -z "$FORTICLIENT_PATH" ]; then
  FORTICLIENT_PATH=`uname -r | grep -q 64 && echo $(locate forticlientsslvpn_cli | grep 64bit) || echo $(locate forticlientsslvpn_cli | grep 32bit)`
  if [ ! -f $FORTICLIENT_PATH ]; then
    echo "Tried to locate Forticlient SSL VPN Cli binary, but failed."
    echo "Specify it at variable FORTCLIENT_PATH"
    exit 1
  fi
  echo "Located Forticlient VPN Client at: $FORTICLIENT_PATH"
fi

echo "Killing previous instances of Forticlient SSL VPN client..."
killall -9 $(basename $FORTICLIENT_PATH) 2> /dev/null

cat << EOF > /tmp/expect
#!/usr/bin/expect -f
match_max 1000000
set timeout -1
spawn $FORTICLIENT_PATH --server $VPN_HOST --vpnuser $VPN_USER --keepalive
expect "Password for VPN:"
send -- "$VPN_PASS"
send -- "\r"

expect "Would you like to connect to this server? (Y/N)"
send -- "Y"
send -- "\r"

expect "Clean up..."
close
EOF

chmod 500 /tmp/expect
/usr/bin/expect -f /tmp/expect

rm -f /tmp/expect