Hey, have linux centos 5.5 server running openvpn. Server is physically in the usa, but I am in asia, so I changed the server time zone to match my location. However, the var/messages log is still using a completely wrong time zone no matter what i try. A I did: [code]ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Shanghai /etc/localtime[/code] Typed date and to confirm system time was then correct... then set hardware clock: [code]hwclock —systohc[/code] But I'm still getting OpenVpn messages in what appears to be UTC/GMT time zone. This also applies to /etc/openvpn/openvpn-status.log. So I would like to ask if there's some setting I need to change in OpenVpn to fix this? If it is a Linux issue then I apologise for posting in the wrong forum but I hope I can still get it fixed. Thanks.

Openvpn logs won't use correct time zone

starcraftcats

Hey,

have linux centos 5.5 server running openvpn. Server is physically in the usa, but I am in asia, so I changed the server time zone to match my location. However, the var/messages log is still using a completely wrong time zone no matter what i try. A

I did:

ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Shanghai /etc/localtime

Typed date and to confirm system time was then correct... then set hardware clock:

hwclock —systohc

But I'm still getting OpenVpn messages in what appears to be UTC/GMT time zone. This also applies to /etc/openvpn/openvpn-status.log. So I would like to ask if there's some setting I need to change in OpenVpn to fix this? If it is a Linux issue then I apologise for posting in the wrong forum but I hope I can still get it fixed. Thanks.

starcraftcats

service syslog restart

fixed it for a while, problem is back again... other log files like secure are showing correct time...