From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Meiyo Peng Subject: Re: PrivateInternetAccess VPN and Guix Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2019 12:03:55 +0800 Message-ID: <87lfyi0zf8.fsf@riseup.net> References: <874l5enep7.fsf@riseup.net> <5d4f7556eb615c760e74f123c008988a@posteo.net> <87pnnvladb.fsf@riseup.net> <720c9ddc527eefb64eae558b9bd13317@posteo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:48023) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hY0gB-00059G-Nx for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Jun 2019 00:04:08 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hY0g9-0004Us-O2 for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Jun 2019 00:04:07 -0400 Received: from mx1.riseup.net ([198.252.153.129]:35360) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hY0g6-0004O1-0z for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Jun 2019 00:04:03 -0400 In-reply-to: <720c9ddc527eefb64eae558b9bd13317@posteo.net> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: oury.dustin@posteo.net Cc: Help guix Hi, oury.dustin@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.dustin@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/