Re: [Openvpn-users] Cannot open file key file

[Alon Bar-Lev <alon.barlev@xxxxxxxxx>]

Steve Rainbird wrote:
> When I try and run openvpn as a service I get the following messages in my
> log file
>
> files\openvpn\config\pc-steve.key': Access is denied.   (errno=5)
> Wed Jan 04 18:11:28 2006 Exiting
>
> Any ideas?
>
> My config file has this line
>
> secret "c:\\program files\\openvpn\\config\\pc-steve.key"
>
> I have also tried
>
> secret "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\pc-steve.key"
>
> with the same result
>
> This works fine when run from the command line.

Check out the permission on the config directory and the key 
file.

You can do that using explorer->select->properties->security

If you don't see the security tab you can use cacls command 
via the command-line.

I guess the service user does not have permission to access 
this file.

Best Regards,
Alon Bar-Lev.

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