Can't bind to 0.0.0.0 port 655/tcp: Permission denied

[Guus Sliepen]

On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 02:41:54PM +0100, mizu wrote:

>    I found a interesting problem with my tinc instalation:
> 
>    Log messages from main router.
>    
>   tinc.vpn1[1959]: tincd 1.0pre7 starting
>   tinc.vpn1[1959]: /dev/tun is a Linux tun/tap device
>   tinc.vpn1[1959]: Can't bind to 0.0.0.0 port 655/tcp: Permission denied
>   tinc.vpn1[1959]: Unable to create any listening socket!
>   tinc.vpn1[1959]: Unrecoverable error
[...]
>   my LIDS functions is turned off.
> 
>   I dont know, where i should search for errors.

Either LIDS still is on anyway somehow, or you are running tinc as a
normal user instead of as root. You can also circumvent this problem by
letting tinc run on a port other than 655, for example by adding "Port =
6555" to /etc/tinc/vpn1/headquater.

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