Re: [Openvpn-devel] Proper location for user-specific OpenVPN configuration files used by OpenVPN-GUI?

2016-10-19 Thread SviMik
> Maybe add an 'open config folder' button/link to openvpn-gui? Sounds like a good idea in any case! Why it hasn't been done, like, 10 years ago? :D I spent sooo much time opening the C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config ! But my vote is still for %USERPROFILE%. -- SviMik

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Proper location for user-specific OpenVPN configuration files used by OpenVPN-GUI?

2016-10-19 Thread debbie10t
On 19/10/16 14:04, Samuli Seppänen wrote: > Hi, > > Three directory alternatives have been proposed: > > %USERPROFILE%\OpenVPN\config (current approach) > %APPDATA%\OpenVPN\config > %USERPROFILE%\.openvpn\config > I find the whole idea of "Hiding things from users" to be an unnecessary and

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Proper location for user-specific OpenVPN configuration files used by OpenVPN-GUI?

2016-10-19 Thread Selva Nair
On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 11:17 AM, Steffan Karger wrote: > On 19 October 2016 at 17:14, Samuli Seppänen wrote: > > SviMik had a very good point against using %APPDATA%: it is a hidden > > folder. At least on Windows 7 it seems to be hidden at the filesystem

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Proper location for user-specific OpenVPN configuration files used by OpenVPN-GUI?

2016-10-19 Thread Samuli Seppänen
Il 19/10/2016 18:17, Steffan Karger ha scritto: > On 19 October 2016 at 17:14, Samuli Seppänen wrote: >> SviMik had a very good point against using %APPDATA%: it is a hidden >> folder. At least on Windows 7 it seems to be hidden at the filesystem >> level, because no tools

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Proper location for user-specific OpenVPN configuration files used by OpenVPN-GUI?

2016-10-19 Thread SviMik
> Three directory alternatives have been proposed: > > %USERPROFILE%\OpenVPN\config (current approach) > %APPDATA%\OpenVPN\config > %USERPROFILE%\.openvpn\config > I vote for %USERPROFILE%, as it is more intuitive. %APPDATA% seems to be a folder for a files generated solely by software, and

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Proper location for user-specific OpenVPN configuration files used by OpenVPN-GUI?

2016-10-19 Thread Selva Nair
Hi, Samuli Seppänen wrote: > >> Looks like there is a general consensus on this. If so, I will post a >> patch later today to use %APPDATA% >> >> Selva >> > > SviMik had a very good point against using %APPDATA%: it is a hidden > folder. At least on Windows 7 it seems to be

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Proper location for user-specific OpenVPN configuration files used by OpenVPN-GUI?

2016-10-19 Thread Samuli Seppänen
Il 19/10/2016 18:08, Selva Nair ha scritto: > Hi, > > Am 19.10.16 um 15:04 schrieb Samuli Seppänen: > > > Hi, > > > > While preparing OpenVPN 2.4-alpha1 release the discussion about > > user-specific OpenVPN configuration files came up again. To give some > > background,

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Proper location for user-specific OpenVPN configuration files used by OpenVPN-GUI?

2016-10-19 Thread Steffan Karger
On 19 October 2016 at 17:14, Samuli Seppänen wrote: > SviMik had a very good point against using %APPDATA%: it is a hidden > folder. At least on Windows 7 it seems to be hidden at the filesystem > level, because no tools seem to see it. However, doing a > >cd $HOME\Appdata

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Proper location for user-specific OpenVPN configuration files used by OpenVPN-GUI?

2016-10-19 Thread Selva Nair
Hi, Am 19.10.16 um 15:04 schrieb Samuli Seppänen: > > 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)

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Proper location for user-specific OpenVPN configuration files used by OpenVPN-GUI?

2016-10-19 Thread Arne Schwabe
Am 19.10.16 um 15:04 schrieb Samuli Seppänen: > 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

[Openvpn-devel] Proper location for user-specific OpenVPN configuration files used by OpenVPN-GUI?

2016-10-19 Thread Samuli Seppänen
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