Windows 8.1 and OpenVPN

dreic

Hello,

i have problem with latest community client where it doesn't want to add routes (Access Denied). UAC is disabled. Any clues?

JoshC

dreic wrotei have problem with latest community client where it doesn't want to add routes (Access Denied). UAC is disabled. Any clues?

Logs at `--verb 4` would be useful here. Even without UAC, administrator rights are required to change the routing table, so verify your user has the necessary group membership. The verb 4 logs will also show you the exact route command that is failing, and you can try entering it from a terminal running as your user to see if you get different results.

You can also verify UAC is off, just to be sure, with this command:

reg.exe query HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA

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dreic wroteHello,

i have problem with latest community client where it doesn't want to add routes (Access Denied). UAC is disabled. Any clues?

Are you sure openVPN is running as administrator still?

dreic

Well i can't right click on openvpn config and run as administrator so how to run it then as administrator?

This is what i get when i execute that command:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
EnableLUA REG_DWORD 0x1

JoshC

dreic wroteThis is what i get when i execute that command:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
EnableLUA REG_DWORD 0x1

This means that you do have UAC enabled. Even if your user is an administrator, you are required to "run as admin" when you wish applications to take advantages of protected system actions; that's how UAC works. It's not disabled as you stated before.

dreic wroteWell i can't right click on openvpn config and run as administrator so how to run it then as administrator?

Also correct. You can only run programs "as an administrator" and a config file is just a plaintext file with a .ovpn extension that the context menu and OpenVPN-GUI program recognizes.

If you want to run it from a command prompt, you'll need to invoke an elevated command prompt "as administrator" and call:

openvpn.exe --config c:\path\to\your.ovpn

Optionally, just use the OpenVPN-GUI, run it as an administrator and all the configs it launches will have the proper admin access.

If you'd like, I also maintain an early-preview installer that automatically elevates the OpenVPN GUI to highest available user permissions at my OpenVPN Previews project.

dreic

Hi,

after i changed registry key UAC was disabled and openvpn added routes without a problem. This is new in windows 8 since UAC can't be disabled over control panel anymore.