On 19/10/16 15:04, Samuli Seppänen wrote: > Hi, > > While preparing OpenVPN 2.4-alpha1 release the discussion about > user-specific OpenVPN configuration files came up again. To give some > background, OpenVPN-GUI can now delegate privileged operations (e.g. > route adding) to the OpenVPN Interactive Service. This means that normal > users are now able to launch OpenVPN connections without having admin > privileges. On top of that, users can now store OpenVPN configuration > files in their home directory, under %USERPROFILE%\OpenVPN\config[*]. > The rationale for this directory choice was discussed here: > > <https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-gui/pull/18#issuecomment-190138431> > > Three directory alternatives have been proposed: > > %USERPROFILE%\OpenVPN\config (current approach) > %APPDATA%\OpenVPN\config > %USERPROFILE%\.openvpn\config
"When in Rome do as the Romans" .... which means the .openvpn approach is just plain silly in Windows. Hidden files and directories start on *nix with a dot/punctuation in the file/dir name; Windows does not do that as it uses separate attributes tackling this. %APPDATA% is what I belive the majority of Windows applications uses today. The %USERPROFILE% approach I'm a bit more reluctant to. But this is just my personal opinions, coming from a person who haven't really used Windows in 15 years++. But I do think consistency with what others do is of a bigger value. Windows users who tinkle with slightly more advanced stuff knows where to find %APPDATA%. Windows users who don't know that should most likely not even enter the OpenVPN config directory at all. That's my 2cents to the shed painting funding ... -- kind regards, David Sommerseth
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