The default OpenVPN configuration starts as root, hence no permission
problems regarding the tun device.
If you wish a different default from OpenVPN, then that's a different
"bug".
** Changed in: openvpn (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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udev rules for tun device have wrong permisisons
Then that's a bug in OpenVPN, as you've reassigned it to.
We're not shipping with default permissions to allow any user to create
network tunnels.
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udev rules for tun device have wrong permisisons
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292293
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The default install of openvpn uses an unprivileged user. Once the
initial tunnel initial tunnel is set up and the daemon drops privileges,
it is unable to manipulate the tun device.
** Changed in: openvpn (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: udev => openvpn
Status: Won't Fix => New
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udev rules
In order to write to anything as an unprivileged user, you need to set
the permissions to 666
That doesn't mean it should be the default! We have privilege
separation for a reason.
** Changed in: udev (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Won't Fix
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udev rules for tun device have wrong permisisons
