Public bug reported: The user I use on my desktop is a normal desktop user no extra rights. Now I want to connect to my VPN and when I do the network-manager app tells me that I am connected but I am not. When I run openvpn in a terminal I get...
me@BrandonsDesktop:~/Desktop/Keep$ openvpn vpn.ovpn Mon Dec 26 12:24:44 2011 OpenVPN 2.2.0 x86_64-linux-gnu [SSL] [LZO2] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [eurephia] [MH] [PF_INET6] [IPv6 payload 20110424-2 (2.2RC2)] built on Jul 4 2011 Enter Auth Username:* Enter Auth Password: Mon Dec 26 12:24:59 2011 NOTE: OpenVPN 2.1 requires '--script-security 2' or higher to call user-defined scripts or executables Mon Dec 26 12:24:59 2011 RESOLVE: NOTE: * resolves to 2 addresses Mon Dec 26 12:24:59 2011 Attempting to establish TCP connection with [AF_INET]* [nonblock] Mon Dec 26 12:25:00 2011 TCP connection established with [AF_INET]* Mon Dec 26 12:25:00 2011 TCPv4_CLIENT link local: [undef] Mon Dec 26 12:25:00 2011 TCPv4_CLIENT link remote: [AF_INET]* Mon Dec 26 12:25:00 2011 WARNING: this configuration may cache passwords in memory -- use the auth-nocache option to prevent this Mon Dec 26 12:25:04 2011 [server] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]* Mon Dec 26 12:25:07 2011 Note: Cannot open TUN/TAP dev /dev/net/tun: Permission denied (errno=13) Mon Dec 26 12:25:07 2011 Note: Attempting fallback to kernel 2.2 TUN/TAP interface Mon Dec 26 12:25:07 2011 Cannot allocate TUN/TAP dev dynamically Mon Dec 26 12:25:07 2011 Exiting Shouldn't a non-admin user be able to connect to a VPN? This is almost as annoying as how the Available to All Users button is checked by default now. Making it so if a non-admin user wants to connect to a new network you need to enter in the admin users password. Not very user friendly when you can't give the user your admin password. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: openvpn 2.2.0-2ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Dec 26 12:19:48 2011 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: openvpn UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: openvpn (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openvpn in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908824 Title: Unable to connect to VPN as a non-admin user To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openvpn/+bug/908824/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs