tinc configuration question

[Guus Sliepen]

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 12:44:26PM -0400, Hanxi Zhang wrote:

> After being able to build tinc from source on FC8, I have stumbled upon
> some configuration issue. My tinc daemon is configured as follows:
[...]
> Finally, there is a tinc-up script under  /etc/tinc/crc_idb1/:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> ifconfig crc_idb1 10.1.8.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
> route add -net 10.1.0.0/16 crc_idb1
> 
> The problem is, when I start tincd, I get this warning:
> 
> tincd -n crc_idb1 --pidfile=/tmp/tinc.crc_idb1.pid -d5 -D
> /dev/net/tun is a Linux tun/tap device (tun mode)
> Listening on :: port 655
> Can't bind to 0.0.0.0 port 655/tcp: Address already in use
> Ready
> 
> And if I do "ifconfig", the crc_idb1 virtual interface is always
> inactive/down, even if the tincd daemon is running.

You mention that your config files are in /usr/local/etc/tinc/crc_idb1, but
that the tinc-up script is in /etc/tinc/crc_idb1. They should all be in the
same directory. Also make sure that the tinc-up script is executable.

> Am I doing something obviously wrong or it somehow has
> to do with the Can't bind warning?

The bind warning has nothing to do with it, you can ignore it.

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