Re: [Openvpn-users] logrotate

[Kevin W. <kev...@gm...>]

On 22 February 2013 11:17, Gert Doering <ge...@gr...> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 03:51:29PM +0000, Bonno Bloksma wrote:

>> I am using Debian as my OpenVPN server and was wondering about rotating logs. Does openvpn keep the filehandle open or does it close a filehandle after writing to a log file?
>
> ... you could just have openvpn log to syslog...?  (option "--syslog")

Since I push all of my logs to centralised syslog, this has been the
cleanest approach for me.

Benefit: I can search my OpenVPN logs with ELSA and I didn't have to
tweak options for OSSEC.

kmw