Re: --user specified but lacking CAP_SETPCAP

Peter Davis via Openvpn-users <[email protected]>
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Hi,
I see the same message. Linux capabilities? Should I install any package or...?



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On Monday, October 23rd, 2023 at 8:24 PM, Gert Doering <[email protected]> wrote:


> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 11:03:27AM +0000, Jason Long via Openvpn-users wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > My OpenVPN server started, but I got the following message in the "openvpn.log":
> > 
> > --user specified but lacking CAP_SETPCAP. Cannot retain CAP_NET_ADMIN. Disabling data channel offload
> 
> 
> Well, you are starting OpenVPN in a way that it does not have the needed
> Linux capabilities. If you start from systemd, check your unit file.
> 
> gert
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> 
> Gert Doering - Munich, Germany [email protected]
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