Hi, Try this: from a command line run $ /usr/bin/logger -t test some message If that generates two messages you know its not openvpn but the syslog setup. May be something not right in (r)syslog.conf, rsyslog.conf.d/* etc?
logger defaults to user.notice so you may want to try it with -p option to test other priorities as well. That may give a clue. Selva On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 8:33 PM Morris, Russell <rmor...@rkmorris.us> wrote: > You may be on to something ... 😊. I'm not running journald though (I > don't think ... just checked via ps, not seeing it a least). > > I did try something, based on your comments. I created a short script > (below), configured OpenVPN up to call it (on client-connect), > #!/bin/sh > echo "`date` OpenVPN connect ... " >> /root/openvpn.txt > logger -t ovpn-conn-change "$script_type - $common_name / > $ifconfig_pool_remote_ip" > > Then, I watched two things, > 1) tail -f openvpn.txt => only a single entry here on connect, as expected! > 2) tcpdump -nnAs0 -i alc0.5 host (ip addr) and port 514 | grep > ovpn-conn-change => shows up twice here! > > So it seems the call is happening once, but 2x the entries to syslog. > Actually, I see that for all (OpenVPN) messages. Hmmm. > > Will keep digging, thanks! > > ... Russell > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Selva Nair <selva.n...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 1:56 PM > To: Morris, Russell <rmor...@rkmorris.us> > Cc: David Sommerseth <open...@sf.lists.topphemmelig.net>; openvpn users > list (openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net) < > openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Openvpn-users] syslog, drop Port Sharing Messages > > Hi > > On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 2:28 PM Morris, Russell <rmor...@rkmorris.us> > wrote: > > > > It's possible, I won't say it's not ... LOL. FYI, all I did was add > > this to the server config file (for testing for now), client-connect > "/usr/bin/logger -t openvpn client connect successful" > > > > And then I monitored network traffic ... tcpdump on the (syslog) sender > and receiver end. I see the double messages both places (I started looking > because of seeing them on the receiver, didn't believe it initially ... > LMAO). > > This could be systemd (I like to blame it :) duplicating the logger > message -- do you have journald running? > > Selva >
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