Make '--win-sys env' default

Without this patch, the default path used by OpenVPN is hard coded
to C:\WINDOWS.  As users might install Windows in a different directory,
this approach will cause OpenVPN to malfunction in some configurations.

OpenVPN have supported using the system path, by adding --win-sys env.
This patch removes the hard coded approach and uses the --win-sys env
approach by default instead.

Trac-ticket: 66
URL: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.user/32508
Signed-off-by: David Sommerseth <davids@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Samuli Seppänen <samuli@openvpn.net>
Acked-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/openvpn.8 b/openvpn.8
index b8594e1..4a86ce7 100644
--- a/openvpn.8
+++ b/openvpn.8
@@ -4769,20 +4769,23 @@ Optional group to be owner of this tunnel.
 .SS Windows-Specific Options:
 .\"*********************************************************
 .TP
-.B \-\-win-sys path|'env'
+.B \-\-win-sys path
 Set the Windows system directory pathname to use when looking for system
 executables such as
 .B route.exe
 and
 .B netsh.exe.
 By default, if this directive is
-not specified, the pathname will be set to "C:\\WINDOWS"
-
-The special string
-.B 'env'
-indicates that the pathname should be read from the
-.B SystemRoot
-environmental variable.
+not specified, OpenVPN will use the SystemRoot environment variable.
+
+This option have changed behaviour in OpenVPN 2.3.  Earlier you had to
+define
+.B --win-sys env
+to use the SystemRoot environment variable, otherwise it defaulted to C:\\WINDOWS.
+It is not needed to use the
+.B env
+keyword any more, and it will just be ignored. A warning is logged when this
+is found in the configuration file.
 .\"*********************************************************
 .TP
 .B \-\-ip-win32 method