[ale] OpenVPN Question

[Jerry Yu]

openVPN runs as a least-privileged user such as 'nobody', so, I'd think you
need let this 'nobody' read. other than that, as restrictive as you can be.
The certificate is guarded by a passphrase, so use a long winding one.

set up sudo, so you can start/stop openvpn at will as a regular user. Add a
command line alias "alias off='sudo /etc/init.d/openvpn stop", so you can
save a few keystrokes.
If you do want GUI on linux, there's a lot on sourceforge. In particular,
OpenVPNmanager sounds like what you requested.
http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_search=soft&words=openvpn+gui

On 11/3/06, John Mills <johnmills at speakeasy.net> wrote:
>
> ALErs -
>
> I will be trying out 'openvpn-2.0.9' from a Linux laptop and have a
> couple of questions:
>
> 1. I have file set with certificate, etc., for the connection. Where is it
> appropriate to save this, and with what permissions?
>
> 2. As a client I would like to open and close the tunnel manually (by
> screen widget for example). How can I achieve this?
>
> TIA for any guidance.
> - Mills
>
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