Network Configuration Operators group works in Windows 7 (Pro). We explored the MI-GUI as well, and may be the only viable option for Win8 and up. The timing issues mentioned below led us to go w/ the Network config group solution on our Win7 pro machines.
Gordon Russell Clarke County IT 540 955 5135 > > This works for WinXP, but for Vista and newer, you really need the OpenVPN > GUI add-on. IIRC, the particular security group no longer provides the > desired permissions in Vista and newer. > > With the GUI add-on, basically you ensure that the openvpn service is running > (autostart) and add a few lines to your .ovpn config, something the likes > of: > > management 127.0.0.1 1194 > management-hold > management-query-passwords > auth-retry interact > > and then the OpenVPN GUI will connect to the openvpn service to manage it > "remotely". So basically the permission issue is avoided by letting the > openvpn service perform all the tasks instead. After putting some registry > settings and adding command line args to the GUI shortcut, it all works nice > enough. > > On a sidenote, setting the openvpn service to autostart may result in some > odd post-login delays. Setting it to delayed start avoids this, but that > means that the user needs to be competent / patient enough to wait until the > service is up and running, which can take a while, and close / re-open the > GUI client afterwards. > > -Marijn > > > > _______________________________________________ > List mailing list > List@lists.pfsense.org > https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list > _______________________________________________ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
