File size limit error

[ikmps]

Hi all

I have just taken over an open vpn installation, it has been running fine until today. I am now getting a error message when I try and start the service “/etc/init.d/openvpn: line 148: 11573 file size limit exceeded$ openvpn –daemon –writepid $piddir/$bn.pid –config $c –cd $work” can anyone tell me where the startup are stored and any idea which file maybe causing this error.

Thanks for any help

Paul

[maikcat]

hi there,

what distro are you using?

just curious,
can you edit /etc/init.d/openvpn file and see what line 148 says?

anything interesting on openvpn log file?

Michael

[ikmps]

Hi Michael

It is distro centso 5.3

line 148 read says $openvpn –daemon –writepid $piddir/$bn.pid –config $c –cd $work
which is the same as the default config

thanks

Paul

[maikcat]

can you try to start openvpn by hand?

i mean by typing openvpn --config path-to-your-conf-file

also can you post the output of sestatus command?

Michael.

[ikmps]

hi Michael

when i run openvpn --config server.conf i get "file size limit exceeded"
and when i try sestatus i get "selinux status : disabled"

thanks again for your help

Paul

[janjust]

what are the contents of the config file? are you logging to a separate file? has that file grown too large?

[ikmps]

hi

resolved

thanks for that, it ended up when i went through the config file i found the log file when i checked the size it had grown to over 2gb. i have renamed the old one and created a new one, the service loaded first time.

one to watch for the future

thanks for all you help

Paul

[maikcat]

ok then,

closing topic

Michael.