Re: Two questions about key generation for clients

On Sun, 21 Jan 2024 10:39:55 +0100, Bo Berglund <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Sun, 21 Jan 2024 03:21:40 +0000, tincantech via Openvpn-users
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>For posterity:
>>
>>Server log --verb 4:
>>
>><verbatim>
>>
>>2024-01-21 03:06:59 us=764987 10.1.101.36:33510 [tct.66.c.w10.dan] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]10.1.101.36:33510
>
>This is very strange!
>
>I have long missed the timestamps in the ovpn log files, hence my earlier jump
>at the discussion regarding client-connect and client-disconnect scripts making
>it possible to:
>- Create a separate logfile with only the client connect/disconnect
>- Include the timestamp in that logfile <== Important info!
>
>In my logs a typical line taken at random reads:
>
>HakanUbu/83.166.213.132:65076 PUSH: Received control message: 'PUSH_REQUEST'
>
>Note: No idea about *WHEN* this happened, that has driven me crazy many times
>when I had to figure out a problem.
>
>And I *am* using verb 4 in the server's config file.
>
>Is there a separate config setting I have missed to make sure the logfiles
>contain the timestamp on each line?

I have now added the command like this:

log /etc/openvpn/log/ovpn_local.log
#In order to add timestamps to log messages:
machine-readable-output
verb 4


But the result is disappointing:

1705839052.969032 1 217.213.75.168:15952 peer info:
IV_GUI_VER=net.openvpn.connect.android_3.3.4-9290

The quote above shows the timestamp as: 2024-01-21 03:06:59 which is what I
want.

What can I do to get the timestamp in the same format as that?


-- 
Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden