tincd without root privileges

[Guus Sliepen]

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:57:18AM +0200, pieter.heremans wrote:

> is there a way to run tinc on a (linux) box, with a public ip,
> but on which i don't have root privileges ?

Yes, you start tinc as a normal user or let tinc drop root privileges after
starting with the --user option.

> the server just connects nodes (behind natted firewall)  & relays
> their traffic, so no need for tap/tun interface on the box itself.

There are several ways. Either keep the tun/tap device but don't configure it
(tinc can create it if you start it as root with the --user option, or you can
create a static tun/tap interface with the tunctl tool from uml-utils for
example), or you can recompile tinc with a dummy tun/tap driver:

./configure <extra options>
ln -sf dummy/device.c src/
make

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