*KeyFile = does not work

[Patrick]

I am in the process of upgrading a client's server hardware and o/s, and 
thought while I was at it I would move them to the latest rev of tinc 
(ie. pre7; I think they are currently on pre3).  When I first set the 
tinc daemon up I couldn't get the *KeyFile = <abs-path-to-key> directive 
to work as stated in the "manual" on tinc.nl.org, but at that time a lot 
of the documentation there was slightly off anyway, so I just used "*Key 
= <KEY>" instead.  Well, the docs there have been updated and they 
insists that the *KeyFile = ought to work now (and even that the *Key = 
directive is "obsolete"), but I still can't get it to work.

When I try it as shown in the manual (eg. PrivateKeyFile = 
/etc/tinc/keys/rsa_key.priv) I get this in my logs:

Apr 23 22:37:42 lrouter tinc.vpn[3336]: tincd 1.0pre7 starting
Apr 23 22:37:42 lrouter tinc.vpn[3336]: /dev/misc/net/tun is a Linux 
tun/tap device
Apr 23 22:37:42 lrouter tinc.vpn[3336]: Reading RSA private key file `| 
^H @| ^H @c/keys/rsa_key.p ' failed: No such file or directory
Apr 23 22:37:42 lrouter tinc.vpn[3336]: Unrecoverable error
Apr 23 22:37:42 lrouter tinc.vpn[3336]: Restarting in 900 seconds!

If I try to put "" or '' around the path, or leave the leading slash 
off, I get more or less the same thing except:

Apr 23 22:36:19 lrouter tinc.vpn[3321]: `"/etc/tinc/keys/lodi-key.priv"' 
is not an absolute path


It still works "the old way" (ie. if I instead use *Key = <KEY>), but it 
just offends my sensibilities- I'd like to do it the "right way".

Ideas?

	-Patrick

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