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Bug 680038 - net-vpn/openvpn should specify argument for --daemon
Summary: net-vpn/openvpn should specify argument for --daemon
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: Patrick McLean
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Reported: 2019-03-11 14:03 UTC by Sven Wegener
Modified: 2019-03-11 14:03 UTC (History)
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openvpn-daemon-svcname.patch (openvpn-daemon-svcname.patch,727 bytes, patch)
2019-03-11 14:03 UTC, Sven Wegener 		Details | Diff
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Description Sven Wegener gentoo-dev 2019-03-11 14:03:55 UTC 
Created attachment 568578 [details, diff]
openvpn-daemon-svcname.patch

When running multiple OpenVPN instances by symlinking the OpenRC init script all of them log with the openvpn program identifier, making it hard to distinguish them.

OpenVPN supports an argument for --daemon, which will override the identifier used for logging.