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Re: PrivateInternetAccess VPN and Guix
From: |
Meiyo Peng |
Subject: |
Re: PrivateInternetAccess VPN and Guix |
Date: |
Tue, 04 Jun 2019 12:03:55 +0800 |
Hi,
address@hidden 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,
>>
>> address@hidden 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
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