From: samuli@...515... Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 20:22:21 +0200 Message-Id: <1451931741-4126-1-git-send-email-samuli@...515...> MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] Update INSTALL-win32.txt for OpenVPN 2.3.10 List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net From: Samuli Sepp=C3=A4nen OpenVPN 2.3.10 includes an OpenVPN-GUI which automatically requests elevati= on of privileges using UAC. Modified INSTALL-win32.txt to reflect this behavior. Signed-off-by: Samuli Sepp=C3=A4nen --- INSTALL-win32.txt | 15 +++++++++------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL-win32.txt b/INSTALL-win32.txt index 7c05685..ce08e63 100644 --- a/INSTALL-win32.txt +++ b/INSTALL-win32.txt @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ + UPGRADING FROM 2.3-ALPHA1 AND EARLIER =20 OpenVPN Windows installer went through major changes in @@ -23,13 +24,15 @@ your configuration files and certificates, which now go= to provided you did not install the 32-bit version on 64-bit Windows. =20 -IMPORTANT NOTE FOR WINDOWS VISTA/7 USERS +IMPORTANT NOTE FOR USERS OF WINDOWS VISTA AND ABOVE + +Note that on Windows Vista and above, you will need to run the +OpenVPN-GUI as a user with administrator privileges, so that +it can add routes to the routing table. Admin privileges are +requested automatically in OpenVPN 2.3.10 and later; older +versions require right-clicking on the OpenVPN-GUI desktop icon +and selecting "Run as administrator". =20 -Note that on Windows Vista, you will need to run the OpenVPN -GUI with administrator privileges, so that it can add routes -to the routing table that are pulled from the OpenVPN server. -You can do this by right-clicking on the OpenVPN GUI -desktop icon, and selecting "Run as administrator". =20 GENERAL QUICKSTART FOR WINDOWS =20 --=20 2.1.0