tun.c: set IPv4 address temporary on Windows

Use store=active to set IPv4 address temporary so that it will be removed on reboot. This makes the behavior consistent with deletion and IPv6, where we already use store=active. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/netsh-interface GitHub: fixes OpenVPN/openvpn#915 Change-Id: I07311f397e6cd278b90c33f024e927c282cd03e4 Signed-off-by: Lev Stipakov <lev@openvpn.net> Acked-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de> Gerrit URL: https://gerrit.openvpn.net/c/openvpn/+/1430 Message-Id: <20251210075906.27693-1-gert@greenie.muc.de> URL: https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg34975.html Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de> (cherry picked from commit 93c9b47cb0)
2026-06-09 08:59:57 -04:00 · 2025-12-10 08:59:00 +01:00 · 2025-12-10 08:59:00 +01:00 · 3aacb621b5
commit 3aacb621b5
parent f8f1e1afac
1 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
--- a/src/openvpn/tun.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/tun.c
@ -5649,8 +5649,8 @@ netsh_ifconfig(const struct tuntap_options *to,
        }
        else
        {
-            /* example: netsh interface ip set address 42 static 10.3.0.1 255.255.255.0 */
-            argv_printf(&argv, "%s%s interface ip set address %lu static %s %s",
+            /* example: netsh interface ip set address 42 static 10.3.0.1 255.255.255.0 store=active */
+            argv_printf(&argv, "%s%s interface ip set address %lu static %s %s store=active",
                        get_win_sys_path(),
                        NETSH_PATH_SUFFIX,
                        adapter_index,