[Bug 241461] Re: OpenVPN deletes its own user group in Hardy.

Thierry Carrez thierry.carrez at canonical.com
Wed Jul 23 12:43:19 BST 2008


I entirely agree. However the "is" and "should be" situations aren't the
same:

1/ openvpn runs as root when installed, and if you change it later to
run as "openvpn", whenever you upgrade you're back to root. openvpn
should be running as the user 'openvpn' for security reasons.

2/ openvpn is configured to run as openvpn user out-of-the-box in Gutsy,
and when you upgrade to hardy it runs as root.

If you're experiencing (1), then this bug is a wishlist bug that openvpn
should be installed in Ubuntu to run as an "openvpn" user rather than
the root user.

If you're experiencing (2), then this bug is a security regression from
previous behavior, but my testing so far has failed to reproduce that.

Could you confirm that you're in the (1) case, so that I can triage the
bug accordingly.

-- 
OpenVPN deletes its own user group in Hardy.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/241461
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Server Team, which is subscribed to openvpn in ubuntu.



More information about the Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list