OpenVPN GUI requires Admin permissions?

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hkaiser
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OpenVPN GUI requires Admin permissions?

Post by hkaiser » Fri Apr 01, 2022 10:42 am

Since 2.5 or since a windows update

OpenVPN GUI requires again to be in Administrator role

It was afaik fixed years ago that OpenVPN GUI uses a service, which has the required permissions and the user is able to simply run the VPN via the Service.

Is anyone around who can confirm this?
Sounds for me like a regression issue
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TinCanTech
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Re: OpenVPN GUI requires Admin permissions?

Post by TinCanTech » Fri Apr 01, 2022 12:14 pm

hkaiser wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 01, 2022 10:42 am
 OpenVPN GUI requires again to be in Administrator role
No it does not.


You must make your non-admin user a member of the openvpn-admin group.
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