maikcat wrotesome things to check,
can you use absolute path name for the status file?
in which filesystem the status file is located?
can you try to stop openvpn and remove/rename the file then start openvpn again?
Michael.
im not 100% clear on what you mean, below you can see what i changed to best fit your instruction
- status /etc/openvpn/logs/openvpn-status.log
log /etc/openvpn//logs/openvpn.log
cat openvpn-status.log
OpenVPN CLIENT LIST
Updated,Wed May 27 12:16:55 2015
Common Name,Real Address,Bytes Received,Bytes Sent,Connected Since
ROUTING TABLE
Virtual Address,Common Name,Real Address,Last Ref
GLOBAL STATS
Max bcast/mcast queue length,0
END
cat openvpn.log
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=422125 Current Parameter Settings:
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=422179 config = 'server.conf'
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=422191 mode = 1
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=422200 persist_config = DISABLED
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=422209 persist_mode = 1
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=422217 show_ciphers = DISABLED
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=422226 show_digests = DISABLED
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=422234 show_engines = DISABLED
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=422243 genkey = DISABLED
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=422251 key_pass_file = '[UNDEF]'
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=422260 show_tls_ciphers = DISABLED
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=422271 Connection profiles [default]:
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=422281 proto = udp
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=422290 local = '255.***.***.***'
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=422298 local_port = 443
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=422307 remote = '[UNDEF]'
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=422316 remote_port = 443
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=422325 remote_float = DISABLED
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=422333 bind_defined = DISABLED
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=422342 bind_local = ENABLED
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=422350 NOTE: --mute triggered...
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=422367 264 variation(s) on previous 20 message(s) suppressed by --mute
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=422378 OpenVPN 2.3.6 i686-redhat-linux-gnu [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [MH] [IPv6] built on Dec 2 2014
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=422390 library versions: OpenSSL 1.0.1e-fips 11 Feb 2013, LZO 2.03
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=661220 Diffie-Hellman initialized with 4096 bit key
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=661925 Control Channel Authentication: using 'ta.key' as a OpenVPN static key file
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=661955 Outgoing Control Channel Authentication: Using 256 bit message hash 'SHA256' for HMAC authentication
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=661969 Incoming Control Channel Authentication: Using 256 bit message hash 'SHA256' for HMAC authentication
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=661992 TLS-Auth MTU parms [ L:1570 D:178 EF:78 EB:0 ET:0 EL:0 ]
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=662012 Socket Buffers: R=[133120->131072] S=[133120->131072]
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=662162 ROUTE_GATEWAY ON_LINK IFACE=venet0 HWADDR=00:00:00:00:00:00
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=662432 TUN/TAP device tun0 opened
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=662449 TUN/TAP TX queue length set to 100
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=662462 do_ifconfig, tt->ipv6=0, tt->did_ifconfig_ipv6_setup=0
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=662487 /sbin/ip link set dev tun0 up mtu 1500
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=677586 /sbin/ip addr add dev tun0 local 10.8.0.1 peer 10.8.0.2
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=682493 /sbin/ip route add 10.8.0.0/24 via 10.8.0.2
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=683154 Data Channel MTU parms [ L:1570 D:1450 EF:70 EB:135 ET:0 EL:0 AF:3/1 ]
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=683620 GID set to nobody
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=683666 UID set to nobody
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=683692 UDPv4 link local (bound): [AF_INET]255.***.***.***:443
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=683702 UDPv4 link remote: [undef]
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=683717 MULTI: multi_init called, r=256 v=256
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=683781 IFCONFIG POOL: base=10.8.0.4 size=62, ipv6=0
Wed May 27 12:16:45 2015 us=683810 Initialization Sequence Completed
now i connect and disconnect from the vpn via OPENVPN GUI
openvpn GUI log
Thu May 28 02:23:36 2015 OpenVPN 2.3.6 x86_64-w64-mingw32 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [PKCS11] [IPv6] built on Mar 19 2015
Thu May 28 02:23:36 2015 library versions: OpenSSL 1.0.1m 19 Mar 2015, LZO 2.08
Enter Management Password:
Thu May 28 02:23:36 2015 MANAGEMENT: TCP Socket listening on [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:25340
Thu May 28 02:23:36 2015 Need hold release from management interface, waiting...
Thu May 28 02:23:36 2015 MANAGEMENT: Client connected from [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:25340
Thu May 28 02:23:37 2015 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'state on'
Thu May 28 02:23:37 2015 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'log all on'
Thu May 28 02:23:37 2015 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'hold off'
Thu May 28 02:23:37 2015 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'hold release'
Thu May 28 02:23:37 2015 Control Channel Authentication: using 'ta.key' as a OpenVPN static key file
Thu May 28 02:23:37 2015 Outgoing Control Channel Authentication: Using 256 bit message hash 'SHA256' for HMAC authentication
Thu May 28 02:23:37 2015 Incoming Control Channel Authentication: Using 256 bit message hash 'SHA256' for HMAC authentication
Thu May 28 02:23:37 2015 Socket Buffers: R=[8192->8192] S=[8192->8192]
Thu May 28 02:23:37 2015 UDPv4 link local: [undef]
Thu May 28 02:23:37 2015 UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]255.***.***.***:443
Thu May 28 02:23:37 2015 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1432743817,WAIT,,,
Thu May 28 02:23:37 2015 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1432743817,AUTH,,,
Thu May 28 02:23:37 2015 TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET]255.***.***.***:443, sid=2b5f5879 0ef0d44b
Thu May 28 02:23:45 2015 VERIFY OK: depth=1, C=US, ST=CA, L=brooklyn, O=random, OU=asdfghjkl, CN=random CA, name=EasyRSA, emailAddress=***********
Thu May 28 02:23:45 2015 Validating certificate key usage
Thu May 28 02:23:45 2015 ++ Certificate has key usage 00a0, expects 00a0
Thu May 28 02:23:45 2015 VERIFY KU OK
Thu May 28 02:23:45 2015 Validating certificate extended key usage
Thu May 28 02:23:45 2015 ++ Certificate has EKU (str) TLS Web Server Authentication, expects TLS Web Server Authentication
Thu May 28 02:23:45 2015 VERIFY EKU OK
Thu May 28 02:23:45 2015 VERIFY OK: depth=0, C=US, ST=CA, L=brooklyn, O=random, OU=asdfghjkl, CN=server, name=EasyRSA, emailAddress=********
Thu May 28 02:24:09 2015 Data Channel Encrypt: Cipher 'AES-256-CBC' initialized with 256 bit key
Thu May 28 02:24:09 2015 Data Channel Encrypt: Using 256 bit message hash 'SHA256' for HMAC authentication
Thu May 28 02:24:09 2015 Data Channel Decrypt: Cipher 'AES-256-CBC' initialized with 256 bit key
Thu May 28 02:24:09 2015 Data Channel Decrypt: Using 256 bit message hash 'SHA256' for HMAC authentication
Thu May 28 02:24:09 2015 Control Channel: TLSv1, cipher TLSv1/SSLv3 DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA, 4096 bit RSA
Thu May 28 02:24:09 2015 [server] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]255.***.***.***:443
Thu May 28 02:24:10 2015 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1432743850,GET_CONFIG,,,
Thu May 28 02:24:11 2015 SENT CONTROL [server]: 'PUSH_REQUEST' (status=1)
Thu May 28 02:24:16 2015 SENT CONTROL [server]: 'PUSH_REQUEST' (status=1)
Thu May 28 02:24:19 2015 PUSH: Received control message: 'PUSH_REPLY,redirect-gateway def1,redirect-gateway,dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8,dhcp-option DNS 8.8.4.4,route 10.8.0.1,topology net30,ping 5,ping-restart 180,ifconfig 10.8.0.6 10.8.0.5'
Thu May 28 02:24:19 2015 OPTIONS IMPORT: timers and/or timeouts modified
Thu May 28 02:24:19 2015 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ifconfig/up options modified
Thu May 28 02:24:19 2015 OPTIONS IMPORT: route options modified
Thu May 28 02:24:19 2015 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ip-win32 and/or --dhcp-option options modified
Thu May 28 02:24:19 2015 do_ifconfig, tt->ipv6=0, tt->did_ifconfig_ipv6_setup=0
Thu May 28 02:24:19 2015 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1432743859,ASSIGN_IP,,10.8.0.6,
Thu May 28 02:24:19 2015 open_tun, tt->ipv6=0
Thu May 28 02:24:19 2015 TAP-WIN32 device [Local Area Connection 2] opened: \\.\Global\{31B85720-5B66-4301-8735-379DEE81D6BF}.tap
Thu May 28 02:24:19 2015 TAP-Windows Driver Version 9.21
Thu May 28 02:24:19 2015 Notified TAP-Windows driver to set a DHCP IP/netmask of 10.8.0.6/255.255.255.252 on interface {31B85720-5B66-4301-8735-379DEE81D6BF} [DHCP-serv: 10.8.0.5, lease-time: 31536000]
Thu May 28 02:24:19 2015 Successful ARP Flush on interface [18] {31B85720-5B66-4301-8735-379DEE81D6BF}
Thu May 28 02:24:24 2015 TEST ROUTES: 2/2 succeeded len=1 ret=1 a=0 u/d=up
Thu May 28 02:24:24 2015 C:\Windows\system32\route.exe ADD 192.210.145.63 MASK 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.1
Thu May 28 02:24:24 2015 ROUTE: CreateIpForwardEntry succeeded with dwForwardMetric1=20 and dwForwardType=4
Thu May 28 02:24:24 2015 Route addition via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]
Thu May 28 02:24:24 2015 C:\Windows\system32\route.exe ADD 0.0.0.0 MASK 128.0.0.0 10.8.0.5
Thu May 28 02:24:24 2015 ROUTE: CreateIpForwardEntry succeeded with dwForwardMetric1=20 and dwForwardType=4
Thu May 28 02:24:24 2015 Route addition via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]
Thu May 28 02:24:24 2015 C:\Windows\system32\route.exe ADD 128.0.0.0 MASK 128.0.0.0 10.8.0.5
Thu May 28 02:24:24 2015 ROUTE: CreateIpForwardEntry succeeded with dwForwardMetric1=20 and dwForwardType=4
Thu May 28 02:24:24 2015 Route addition via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]
Thu May 28 02:24:24 2015 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1432743864,ADD_ROUTES,,,
Thu May 28 02:24:24 2015 C:\Windows\system32\route.exe ADD 10.8.0.1 MASK 255.255.255.255 10.8.0.5
Thu May 28 02:24:24 2015 ROUTE: CreateIpForwardEntry succeeded with dwForwardMetric1=20 and dwForwardType=4
Thu May 28 02:24:24 2015 Route addition via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]
Thu May 28 02:24:24 2015 Initialization Sequence Completed
Thu May 28 02:24:24 2015 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1432743864,CONNECTED,SUCCESS,10.8.0.6,255.***.***.***
Thu May 28 02:24:33 2015 C:\Windows\system32\route.exe DELETE 10.8.0.1 MASK 255.255.255.255 10.8.0.5
Thu May 28 02:24:33 2015 Route deletion via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]
Thu May 28 02:24:33 2015 C:\Windows\system32\route.exe DELETE 255.***.***.*** MASK 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.1
Thu May 28 02:24:33 2015 Route deletion via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]
Thu May 28 02:24:33 2015 C:\Windows\system32\route.exe DELETE 0.0.0.0 MASK 128.0.0.0 10.8.0.5
Thu May 28 02:24:33 2015 Route deletion via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]
Thu May 28 02:24:33 2015 C:\Windows\system32\route.exe DELETE 128.0.0.0 MASK 128.0.0.0 10.8.0.5
Thu May 28 02:24:33 2015 Route deletion via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]
Thu May 28 02:24:33 2015 Closing TUN/TAP interface
Thu May 28 02:24:33 2015 SIGTERM[hard,] received, process exiting
Thu May 28 02:24:33 2015 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1432743873,EXITING,SIGTERM,,
After i defined the openvpn-status.log to a proper path in verb 6 and verb 0 logging level i am no longer getting that message "Failed to truncate status file: Invalid argument" in my log file ,was that really it lol ?. If you have time can you please tell us what Failed to truncate status file: Invalid argument means
