I found the following error in tinc manual in http://tinc.nl.linux.org/documentation/tinc_4.html PrivateKey = /etc/tinc/company/rsa_key.priv should be: PrivateKeyFile = /etc/tinc/company/rsa_key.priv Tinc: Discussion list about the tinc VPN daemon Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/lists/ Tinc site: http://tinc.nl.linux.org/