Bug #912
closed
PPTP/PPPoE/L2TP VPN logs missing
Added by Chris Buechler about 14 years ago.
Updated almost 14 years ago.
Description
The PPP log migration I believe targeted the PPTP logs as well. Regressions:
1) It's not logging PPTP at all that I can find at least.
2) Those need to be returned to their own log, as they'll otherwise frequently get buried in a flood of PPPoE or PPP logs.
3) the PPTP log tab needs to come back, as it wasn't a simple text log display, and is effectively the status screen for PPTP as much as one exists.
First, you're referring to PPTP server right?
I'm pretty sure they're supposed to be under the "VPN" tab of the System Log screen. Then there's a button that lets you select which log you want.
Yes, exactly, that is empty when you click that button.
Last 50 PPTP VPN log entries
Time Action User IP address
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- Subject changed from PPTP logs missing to PPTP/PPPoE/L2TP VPN logs missing
I tracked this down a bit more somewhat by accident.
It seems that the GUI log viewer is looking at /var/log/(vpn type).log, but that is where mpd is writing the logs with all of its information. In the link up and link down scripts, it writes the login and logout events to /var/log/vpn.log - but this log is missing the type of service being logged into or out of.
The GUI will not see the login/logout events because the logs it's looking at are full of mpd info and not what it's expecting to parse, and it can't differentiate the data in the other file even if that were changed.
The way forward would seem to be that the linkup/linkdown scripts for pptp/l2pt/pppoe need adjusted to include their service type in the vpn log, and then the GUI page needs adjusted to (a) use vpn.log to show login/logout info, and (b) have some way to display the raw mpd log for each service.
The logs for login/logout events should be back now in a bit more efficient way. Separate linkup and linkdown scripts are no longer needed, I consolidated all of them into a single linkup and linkdown script, and actions can key off of the interface name.
- Status changed from New to Feedback
- % Done changed from 0 to 100
- Status changed from Feedback to Resolved
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