o.k. that was a big help!!!

i did cp openvpn_key.tar into /etc/openvpn & untared it with "tar -xvvf myfile.tar" .

now i got in /etc/openvpn the following files:

user.crt

user.key

hotsplots-ca.crt

hotsplots.conf

& of course openvpn_key.tar

which should work for the first 4 fields of the openvpn-applet,

but what about "secret file" & "pkcs12 file" ?

thanks again!