Re: PrivateInternetAccess VPN and Guix
Hi, oury.dus...@posteo.net writes: > Welp. I've read of being able to run it as non-root on other distros. So if > possible I'd love to be able to. Not sure if it's a big security risk to run > openvpn as root or not though. There is an openvpn-client-service-type in Guix. Maybe that's a better choice. > On 03.06.2019 03:34, Meiyo Peng wrote: >> Hi, >> >> oury.dus...@posteo.net writes: >> >>> So I managed to get it working mostly okay through installing openvpn >>> and running sudo (should I actually be running this as sudo?) --config >>> my-openvpn-config.opvn >> >> Yes. Running OpenVPN requires root privilege. >> >>> Note: Attempting to use the gnome network settings did not work and >>> complains >>> it >>> couldn't find a vpn connection. Possibly due to how the .opvn file is >>> formatted? >> >> I am not a Gnome user. No idea. >> >> >> -- >> Meiyo Peng >> https://www.pengmeiyu.com/ -- Meiyo Peng https://www.pengmeiyu.com/
Re: PrivateInternetAccess VPN and Guix
Welp. I've read of being able to run it as non-root on other distros. So if possible I'd love to be able to. Not sure if it's a big security risk to run openvpn as root or not though. On 03.06.2019 03:34, Meiyo Peng wrote: Hi, oury.dus...@posteo.net writes: So I managed to get it working mostly okay through installing openvpn and running sudo (should I actually be running this as sudo?) --config my-openvpn-config.opvn Yes. Running OpenVPN requires root privilege. Note: Attempting to use the gnome network settings did not work and complains it couldn't find a vpn connection. Possibly due to how the .opvn file is formatted? I am not a Gnome user. No idea. -- Meiyo Peng https://www.pengmeiyu.com/
Re: PrivateInternetAccess VPN and Guix
Hi, oury.dus...@posteo.net writes: > So I managed to get it working mostly okay through installing openvpn > and running sudo (should I actually be running this as sudo?) --config > my-openvpn-config.opvn Yes. Running OpenVPN requires root privilege. > Note: Attempting to use the gnome network settings did not work and complains > it > couldn't find a vpn connection. Possibly due to how the .opvn file is > formatted? I am not a Gnome user. No idea. -- Meiyo Peng https://www.pengmeiyu.com/
Re: PrivateInternetAccess VPN and Guix
Thank you! So I managed to get it working mostly okay through installing openvpn and running sudo (should I actually be running this as sudo?) --config my-openvpn-config.opvn Note: Attempting to use the gnome network settings did not work and complains it couldn't find a vpn connection. Possibly due to how the .opvn file is formatted? On 29.05.2019 05:04, Meiyo Peng wrote: Hi, oury.dus...@posteo.net writes: So I'm trying to get a VPN up and running on Guix System, but unfortunately I'm not able to run it. It gives an error here: Verifying archive integrity... 100% MD5 checksums are OK. All good. Uncompressing Private Internet Access 100% Downloads/pia-linux-1.1.1-02545.run: ./install.sh: /bin/bash: bad interpreter: No such file or directory Downloads/pia-linux-1.1.1-02545.run: line 616: /bin/rm: No such file or directory Guix does not comply with FHS [1]. So there is no /bin/bash and /bin/rm. We do not support third-party binary packages. Please do not install them on Guix system. These packages will not work normally on Guix. (Yes. There are dirty tricks to make them work. But we do not recommend them.) PrivateInternetAccess provides OpenVPN access [2]. Please try the free OpenVPN package from Guix: `guix package -i openvpn`. Which I suppose relates to the way Guix packages software. I know it works easily on Trisquel at least, but I enjoy Guix System very much already! Guix is very different from traditional GNU/Linux distros. Have fun with Guix! And feel free to ask questions here. Reference: 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard 2. https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/client-support/ -- Meiyo Peng https://www.pengmeiyu.com/
Re: PrivateInternetAccess VPN and Guix
Hi, oury.dus...@posteo.net writes: > So I'm trying to get a VPN up and running on Guix System, but unfortunately > I'm > not able to run it. > > It gives an error here: > > Verifying archive integrity... 100% MD5 checksums are OK. All good. > Uncompressing Private Internet Access 100% > Downloads/pia-linux-1.1.1-02545.run: ./install.sh: /bin/bash: bad interpreter: > No such file or directory > Downloads/pia-linux-1.1.1-02545.run: line 616: /bin/rm: No such file or > directory Guix does not comply with FHS [1]. So there is no /bin/bash and /bin/rm. We do not support third-party binary packages. Please do not install them on Guix system. These packages will not work normally on Guix. (Yes. There are dirty tricks to make them work. But we do not recommend them.) PrivateInternetAccess provides OpenVPN access [2]. Please try the free OpenVPN package from Guix: `guix package -i openvpn`. > Which I suppose relates to the way Guix packages software. I know it works > easily on Trisquel at least, but I enjoy Guix System very much already! Guix is very different from traditional GNU/Linux distros. Have fun with Guix! And feel free to ask questions here. Reference: 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard 2. https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/client-support/ -- Meiyo Peng https://www.pengmeiyu.com/
