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> How can I check, if the ovpn-process is really running?

Take a look at the Processes on the status.php page

> How is the configuration propagated 
> to ovpn. By commandline or by configfile?

Like for all daemons in m0n0wall, the configuration is generated on the 
fly. For OpenVPN, it's in /etc/openvpn.inc (line 125):

mwexec("/usr/local/sbin/openvpn " . ovpn_srv_config_generate());

Take a look at the code: it's easy to read and you can learn a lot!

> How can I (re-)start ovpn? 

Just go to the OpenVPN Serve page and press the SAVE button without 
modifying anything.

> Another Thing: As I played with some of the betas of ovpn in m0n0, I
> have two config-branches for ovpn now: <ovpn /> and <openvpn />. Which
> is the official one used, and which one should I remove?

It's "ovpn".
(again, read the sources, it's in the rootfs-1.2b2.tar.gz archive)

> [1] BTW: a minor cosmetic bug in the log-viewer: In the
> PPTP-VPN-Windows, there is the title "Firewall-Log". looks like
> copy&paste... 

Just to be sure: send a message to Manuel (mk at neon1 dot net).

Regards,

-- Vincent