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

> 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.

There are really two programs here:

openvpnserv.exe -- This is the "service wrapper" -- its job is to scan the
OpenVPN config file directory, create a separate openvpn.exe process for each
config file, and redirect stdout/stderr for each openvpn.exe process to a
specific log file.  When you start the "OpenVPN Service", this is the app that
runs.

openvpn.exe -- This exe performs the actual OpenVPN function for one config
file, and when it sees --log or --log-append, it does the redirection without
regard (or knowledge) on what the service that instantiated it has already
redirected stdout/stderr to.

James



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