--- doc/openvpn.8.html.orig 2021-10-05 05:57:01 UTC +++ doc/openvpn.8.html @@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ lower priority, `n` le
`--persist-key`

Don't re-read key files across `SIGUSR1` or `--ping-restart`.

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This option can be combined with `--user nobody` to allow restarts +

This option can be combined with `--user openvpn` to allow restarts triggered by the `SIGUSR1` signal. Normally if you drop root privileges in OpenVPN, the daemon cannot be restarted since it will now be unable to re-read protected key files.

@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ initialization, dropping privileges in the process. Th useful to protect the system in the event that some hostile party was able to gain control of an OpenVPN session. Though OpenVPN's security features make this unlikely, it is provided as a second line of defense. -

By setting `user` to `nobody` or somebody similarly unprivileged, +

By setting `user` to `openvpn` or somebody similarly unprivileged, the hostile party would be limited in what damage they could cause. Of course once you take away privileges, you cannot return them to an OpenVPN session. This means, for example, that if you want to reset an