On 16/12/16 16:38, Sebastian Rubenstein wrote: > Hello Jan > >> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 at 2:26 PM >> From: "Jan Just Keijser" <janj...@nikhef.nl> >> To: "Kevin Long" <kevin.l...@haloprivacy.com>, >> openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: Re: [Openvpn-users] Does windows (10) client need admin rights? >> >> >> There is little to be done about this, as Windows *requires* admin >> privileges if someone tries to alter the system routing tables. As most >> VPNs typically do just that, you will always end up needing admin privs >> somewhere. Complain to Microsoft about their horrendous security system, >> not to OpenVPN. >> > What about OpenVPN 2.4 for Linux/BSD users? If they use the command line in a > terminal, they still need to use sudo openvpn name-of-config-file.ovpn, is > that right?
yes, on all other OSes you still need root (using e.g. sudo) to *manually* start OpenVPN. However, on most Linux distro's you'd use NetworkManager to manage your VPN, for which no root rights are needed: NetworkManager consists of a daemon running as root (compare: the Windows 7/8/10 OpenVPN interactive service) and a user-space client applet (nm-applet) that can start and stop connections (compare: the Windows 7/8/10 OpenVPN GUI) JJK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Openvpn-users mailing list Openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users
