On Sun, Nov 29, 2020 at 08:11:09PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: Dear Josip,
> For some reason, the systemd unit config shipped by openvpn in > /lib/systemd/system/[email protected] says --suppress-timestamps, but > then a log-append inside the server config file logs no timestamps there, > either, which doesn't make much sense. > > What would be the reason for this, can it be removed or worked around > somehow, please? > > I see the same file content is present in 2.4.7-1, too. [email protected] and [email protected] are maintained by upstream, I guess the reason is to have them logged properly by systemd instead of log-append. If you want to change this I suggest to talk to upstream or override it locally. The [email protected] unit that Debian has "always" shipped does not set this option (yes this duplication is somewhat unfortunate). Bernhard
