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Hi all, On 20/03/2019 21:04, Antonio Quartulli wrote: > Hi all, > > As mentioned today on IRC, I have prepared a doodle to help us choose > when to schedule the next community meetings. > > The doodle targets next week, but the idea is to choose a time slot that > is good "from now on". > To clarify: since most of the OpenVPN contributors live in Central Europe, the meeting time slot will follow the CET->CEST transition and back (as we did in the past). This means that if the winning time slot it 8PM CET (UTC+1), next month it will become 8PM CEST (UTC+2). Regards, -- Antonio Quartulli 

Correcion >From: Selva Nair <sel...@gm...> > >Make clear that --dhcp-option is not processed on >non-Windows clients > This thread was _initially_ about pushing DNS to Linux clients. I mean "non-windows" clients. 

 On 20/03/2019 18:12, tincanteksup wrote: > bonjour > > On 20/03/2019 17:25, Selva Nair wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 10:52 AM tincanteksup <tin...@gm...> >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On 20/03/2019 13:25, Selva Nair wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 4:02 AM Antonio Quartulli <a...@un...> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> On 18/03/2019 22:30, tincanteksup wrote: >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> this situation has been hanging around for so long is this brief note >>>>>> really enough? Considering that the manual has numerous other URLs >>>>>> why >>>>>> not include this URL here: >>>>>> https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/Pushing-DNS-to-clients >>>>>> >>>>>> We already have this: >>>>>> https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/SWEET32 >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> the problem with URLs is that they become obsolete and we need to >>>>> re-patch the manual in order to update them (or ensure the URL always >>>>> work/redirect to something). >>>> >>>> >>>> I have the same opinion about URLs. On top of that the wiki >>>> description is inadequate and inaccurate. But that's a different >>>> topic. >>> >>> Inadequate: >>> Compared to NOTHING, the page is at least a step toward documentation. >>> >>> Inaccurate: >>> Please expand .. >> >> The wiki states that on Windows using version 2.4, >> OpenVPN-GUI+interactive >> service required for processing this option. Not so. > > I am actively promoting 2.4 use, I am not re-writing the manual. > >> Just as in 2.3, it works if run as admin. In fact, several setups run >> OpenVPN on boot using OpenVPNService, and --dhcp-option does work for >> them. >> With 2.4, it also works as limited user if started using the interactive >> service (for example, using OpenVPN-GUI). > > I am actively demoting 2.3 use, I am not re-writing the manual. > >> In both 2.3 and 2.4, the critical piece is not overriding --ipwin32 >> method >> (adaptive or dynamic is required and the latter is the >> default). >> > > I am actively promoting the use of the Interactive Service. > I am not rewriting the manual .. > > If a problem arises from using Openvpn as the page describes then, > depending on the cause, a resolution can be pursued .. > > thanks > tct > This thread was _initially_ about pushing DNS to Linux clients.