680038 – net-vpn/openvpn should specify argument for --daemon

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

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
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)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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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.