Problem withs hosts/ -files & Ethertap with 2.4.x

[Guus Sliepen]

On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 08:41:12PM +0100, Lars Fredriksson wrote:

> The problem is that when I try to sepcify an IP-adress in
> /etc/tinc/netname/hosts/hostfile using Adress = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx syslog says;
> Invalid variable name on line 2 while reading config file
> /etc/tinc/boppen/hosts/melc

Address is spelled with 2 d's :).
 ^^

> A other small question I have is; is it possible to use the "old" Ethertap
> instead of the universal TUN/TAP by just compile it into the kernel and
> create the /dev-files? I can't recompile tincd and I get the "File
> descriptor in bad state"-error when trying to use the universal TUN/TAP.

Yes that's possible. However, I'm curious, why can you compile a kernel
but not tinc?

-- 
Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
  Guus Sliepen <guus at sliepen.warande.net>
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