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On my Mac, can I set up personalVPN for Multiple User Accounts?

April 26, 2017accounts Mac personalvpn user

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On my Mac, can I set up personalVPN for Multiple User Accounts?

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AnswerYes. If you want to allow your wife, or kids to use personalVPN under their own separate user account do this: • For Tunnelblick versions: • From the administrator account copy the openvpn folder from ~user/Library, and the Tunnelblick application from the Applications folder onto a USB drive since the copy – paste functions do not work between user accounts After copying the files, go to the respective user account and copy from the USB drive “openvpn” into the ~user/Library folder, and copy “Tunnelblick” to the Applications folder. After the installation just open Tunnelblick and click connect. • For Viscosity versions (only compatible with MAC OS 10.5 or higher): • From the administrator account copy the OpenVPN folder from ~/Library/Application Support/Viscosity (double-click on Macintosh HD -> Users -> home folder -> Library -> Application Support -> Viscosity), and the Viscosity application from the Applications folder onto a USB drive since the copy – paste functions do no

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AnswerYes. If you want to allow your wife, or kids to use personalVPN under their own separate user account do this: • For Tunnelblick versions: • From the administrator account copy the openvpn folder from ~user/Library, and the Tunnelblick application from the Applications folder onto a USB drive since the copy – paste functions do not work between user accounts After copying the files, go to the respective user account and copy from the USB drive “openvpn” into the ~user/Library folder, and copy “Tunnelblick” to the Applications folder. After the installation just open Tunnelblick and click connect. • For Viscosity versions (only compatible with MAC OS 10.5 or higher): • From the administrator account copy the OpenVPN folder from ~/Library/Application Support/Viscosity (double-click on Macintosh HD -> Users -> home folder -> Library -> Application Support -> Viscosity), and the Viscosity application from the Applications folder onto a USB drive since the copy – paste functions do no