Re: 2.0-beta6: "Error: cannot open" with log-append

On Sun, 27 Jun 2004, Mathias Sundman wrote:

> When I start openvpn as a service on WinXP I get the following in my 
> log-file:
>
> Sun Jun 27 22:34:37 2004 Error: cannot open --log file: c:\program 
> files\openvpn\log\ljustero.log: The process cannot access the file because it 
> is being used by another process.   (errno=32)
> Sun Jun 27 22:34:37 2004 Exiting
>
>
> If I start openvpn by right-clicking the same config-file, it works as it 
> should, and I get the logging in the file I've specified with log-append.
>
> If I remove the "log-append" parameter from my config openvpn works fine also 
> as a service, but then the log is not appended, which is what I want.
>
> And, no, there is no other openvpn process running.
>
> Here's my config:
>
> remote xxxx
> dev tap
> dev-node tap-ljustero
> port 5000
> secret d:/vpn/ljustero/key.mathias
> ifconfig 10.0.5.228 255.255.0.0
> ifconfig-nowarn
> verb 3
> mute 20
> ping 10
> ping-restart 30
> resolv-retry infinite
> float
> mssfix 1400
> log-append "c:\\program files\\openvpn\\log\\ljustero.log"
> comp-lzo

Ahh, found the problem.

OpenVPN seems to open the default file, in this case
"C:\program files\openvpn\log\ljustero.log", regardless of what file is 
specified on "log-append", and then when "log-append" tries to open the 
same file, it is already open.

I can say this because if I specify another file with log-append, it 
works, but ljustero.log is still created, when openvpn is started as a 
service.

Regards Mathias

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