refactor away from a log file, stout only.

openvpn_manager.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def establish_vpn_connection(ovpn_file, credential_file, log_file, debug_print=N
         password = f.readline().strip()
 
     # Establish VPN connection (capture stdout and stderr)
-    openvpn_command = ["openvpn", "--config", ovpn_file,
+    openvpn_command = ["/usr/sbin/openvpn", "--config", ovpn_file,
                        "--auth-user-pass", credential_file,
                        "--verb", "1"]
 
@@ -41,8 +41,11 @@ def establish_vpn_connection(ovpn_file, credential_file, log_file, debug_print=N
             debug_print(f"OpenVPN exited with a non-zero return code: {process.returncode}")
             return False, process.stderr.read().decode()
 
-        # Read a line from stdout (non-blocking)
-        line = process.stdout.readline().decode()
+        try:
+            line = process.stdout.readline().decode()
+        except UnicodeDecodeError:
+            print(f"Decoding error: {line.strip()}")  # Log the problematic line
+            continue  # Skip to the next line
         if line:
             if debug_print:
                 debug_print(f"OpenVPN output: {line.strip()}")