colinireland wroteIs there a file I need to modify to put the parameters in to quotes
Yes. You will need to look at any/all
.conf files in your
/etc/openvpn directory. (or whatever your default install directory).
FYI: When you start openvpn as a service/daemon, openvpn loads each
.conf file from
/etc/openvpn, so you need to check that the syntax in each .conf file there is correct.