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diff --git a/openvpn/src/openvpn/init.c b/openvpn/src/openvpn/init.c
index b2013923..cd5ebd3d 100644
--- a/openvpn/src/openvpn/init.c
+++ b/openvpn/src/openvpn/init.c
@@ -2488,6 +2488,13 @@ do_option_warnings (struct context *c)
msg (M_WARN, "NOTE: --connect-timeout option is not supported on this OS");
#endif
+ if (script_security >= SSEC_SCRIPTS)
+ msg (M_WARN, "NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts");
+ else if (script_security >= SSEC_PW_ENV)
+ msg (M_WARN, "WARNING: the current --script-security setting may allow passwords to be passed to scripts via environmental variables");
+ else
+ msg (M_WARN, "NOTE: " PACKAGE_NAME " 2.1 requires '--script-security 2' or higher to call user-defined scripts or executables");
+
if (script_method == SM_SYSTEM)
msg (M_WARN, "NOTE: --script-security method='system' is deprecated due to the fact that passed parameters will be subject to shell expansion");
}