My parents use a Win7 laptop. I have set it so that they are not administrators of the device, only I am. I have installed OpenVPN for them to access the home network resources when they are out. The problem is they cannot start the client without admin privileges, since the route cannot be added to the system without.
I made a workaround by letting the OpenVPN client start from scheduled tasks with a trigger when somebody logs in. That works while they're out, but breaks their network connectivity at home. On top of that, since the client is at that time started as a different user, the UI is not visible.
What would be the best way to provide them with the OpenVPN client, without giving them more privileges?
Answer
OpenVPN can be run as a service which can either be run automatically at startup or you can give certain users permissions to control the service. Below is a link to an article describing this configuration:
HowTo Run OpenVPN as a non-admin user in Windows
Also see the install notes on running OpenVPN as a service to see some limitations.
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