tincd without root privileges

[Mike Bentzen]

Hi mate,

You can run the tinc daemon as a user.
Usually on most systems, if you're not root, you won't be able to listen on the default tinc port (655).
Configure tinc to listen on a different port and it should work.

Mike


On 15/04/2010, at 8:57 AM, pieter.heremans wrote:

> hey,
> 
> is there a way to run tinc on a (linux) box, with a public ip,
> but on which i don't have root privileges ?
> 
> the server just connects nodes (behind natted firewall)  & relays
> their traffic, so no need for tap/tun interface on the box itself.
> 
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