Heiko Hund <hhund <at> astaro.com> writes: > > On Wednesday 08 September 2010 22:56:40 Arne Schwabe wrote: > > On 08.09.2010 22:32, Heiko Hund wrote: > > > On Wednesday 08 September 2010 17:34:28 you wrote: > > >> We found one problem in the GUI already: if you only have a single > > >> openvpn config file (foo.ovpn) in your config directory, the gui > > >> crashes if you double-left-click on the tray icon. It works if you > > >> right-click on the tray icon and then click on "connect". (Heiko can > > >> reproduce it, so it's fixable ). > > > > > > I just uploaded a new OpenVPN GUI snapshot to [1]. It should fix the > > > issues found by Gert. Please report if you run into problems. > > > > Can you build the openvpn gui with the "this application need > > Adminstrator rights" flag? In our expriences the amount of user > > questions "vpn does not work" is just too big otherwise. > > I believe this is the wrong approach. A better solution would be not to > require any privileges for the GUI at all. The switch to the openvpn > management interface for communication was the first step in the transition > towards achieving that. In the midterm I envision the Windows service to be > enhanced to allow starting OpenVPN on behalf of the GUI. However, I suppose > this will take a while to happen. If you need a solution right now the thread > at http://www.astaro.org/astaro-gateway-products/vpn-site-site-remote- > access/32659-ssl-vpn-non-admin-vista-win7.html may be interesting for you. > > @Samuli: is there some time left in the meeting tonight to kick off the > discussion on that? If so, I'd like this topic to be added to the agenda. > > Regards > Heiko
Do you know any OpenVPN GUI implementation which takes this approach of controlling openvpn.exe daemon through management interface? I have been playing with openvpn management interface for a while. I wish if there is a GUI interface which an user, through a mouse click,: 0. Open OpenVPN tunnel 1. List certificates in token/smartcard: 2. Select certificate 3. Type PIN 4. Close tunnel I have mapped this useful commands respectively: 0. hold release 1. pkcs11-id-count and pkcs11-id-get 2. needstr pkcs11-id-request 3. password 4. signal
