On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Németh Tamás <nemeth.tamas....@nyme.hu> wrote:
> Thank you very much for your answer. > > > > I've read that it's not possible to run OpenVPN on Windows from a > > > non-admin user account. > > > This issue has been fixed recently: it is possible to run OpenVPN as a > > non-admin user in Windows. > > Have you solved it by splitting the functionality to a privileged > background > daemon and an unprivileged GUI as I described earlier, or by applying > some other trick? > > Actions that require admin privileges is now handled by a service so that openvpn can run without admin rights. The support for this in the GUI is still evolving. Although the functionality is there, error handling has to improve as well as some install time setup is required. > > A while back created a test build that should work as non-admin just > fine: > > > > < > http://build.openvpn.net/downloads/temp/openvpn-install-2.3_guipr18and20-I606-x86_64.exe > > > > > > Note that the user has to be in the "Administrators" group[1], or in a > > special "OpenVPN Administrators" group to be allowed to connect. > > Am I right when I think it's almost as problematic as requiring the user > to > have administrative permissions as previously? > Adding the user to a predefined group is a one time task which could be done at install time. As installation anyway requires admin rights, this is not really a limitation. Also note that the predefined group may be set as "Users" or its equivalent, allowing all users to run openvpn without admin privileges. Currently there is a discussion going on another thread on how the installer should handle this --- should it offer an option to add user to this group, or should all users be in this group by default etc. Feedback from system administrators would greatly help, so please weigh-in your thoughts in that thread or here. Thanks, Selva
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