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lobi
Asked: 2015-11-19 07:58:42 +0800 CST

OpenVPN log not showing up in /var/log/messages file

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When running service openvpn status, the output states

Status written to /var/log/messages

However, nothing shows up in the file.

logging

1 Answers

  1. The problem was due to running service openvpn status without proper permissions. I had openvpn configured so that only root could alter the service, therefore when I checked the status as root, rather than a non-root user, it properly outputted the status to /var/log/messages.

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