On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 10:26 AM, Sebastian Rubenstein <asdf123...@gmx.com>
wrote:
> > Subject: Re: [Openvpn-users] Does windows (10) client need admin rights?
> >
> >
> > In version 2.4, the GUI and openvpn will run without admin privileges by
> default unless you try to run it > as administrator. If you also want to
> allow users to run arbitrary confiigs stored in their profile (as
> > opposed to the one admin installs in system-wide location), you need to
> add them to a group named
> > "OpenVPN Administrtaors" (the group name may be customized).
>
> Based on the above statements, you were referring to OpenVPN 2.4 for
> Microsoft Windows, right?
>
Yes, as subject says I was referring to Windows.
>
> What about OpenVPN 2.4 for Linux/BSD? Using the command line in a
> terminal, Linux/BSD users will continue to use sudo openvpn config.ovpn, am
> I correct?
>
The short answer is yes, you need root. But you could set it up to run as
user by giving the user access to run ip-route command, a static tun device
etc. In addition you could further drop privileges so that the process can
run with rights less than a normal user has (no access to users' files
etc..)
Selva
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