On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 00:23:31 +0100, David Sommerseth via Openvpn-users <openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>On 21/01/2024 17:34, tincantech via Openvpn-users wrote: ><snip> >> >>> Can I edit this file and remove the item --suppress-timestamps to possibly >>> enable the timestamps? And remove the machine-readable-output item in the >>> actual >>> service conf file? >>> Will that result in human-readable timestamps? >> >> The recommended method is to copy the file to /etc/systemd/system. > >Actually, the preferred way is to use > > # systemctl edit openvpn-server@CONFIG_NAME > >You now get an new file where you just add the "ini sections" and >settings you want to modify. In this case, you would add the >"[Service]" section and add the modified ExecStart= line to your liking. > >These changes are saved separately and will always be merged into >service setup, even when the unit file from the upstream OpenVPN package >gets updated. > >If you do the "copy to /etc/systemd/system" trick, that will completely >override the unit file shipped with the OpenVPN package. I don't really understand this, could you expand a bit: 1) The "sudo systemctl edit" command brings up a blank page for me, what is the editor commands in this window? I am used to how nano works but not how I can operate in this case. Tried Ctl-X and Ctl-C to get back from it... 2) It seems one can *add* commands using this but how do I *remove* a setting I don't want like the one we discuss now? I want to NOT have the --suppress-timestamps item there! 3) What is the correct syntax for executing the command? On my system I have this: systemctl | grep openvpn openvpn-server@server.service loaded active running OpenVPN service for server openvpn-server@serverlocal.service loaded active running OpenVPN service for serverlocal Do I do it like so: sudo systemctl edit openvpn-server@server.service or like this: sudo systemctl edit openvpn-server@server 4) And can I use sudo or must I switch to su first to get to the # prompt? -- Bo Berglund Developer in Sweden _______________________________________________ Openvpn-users mailing list Openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users
