Mac OS X and utun

[Guus Sliepen]

On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 11:01:44AM +0200, Fredrik Wendt wrote:

> I've not gotten tinc to work out of the box with utun. I've only tested the
> version provided in the homebrew package (1.0.36), which I installed into
> /opt/homebrew (the default when running the M1/arm64 version of homebrew).
[...]
> root at mbam1 /opt/homebrew/etc/tinc/wendtvpn # cat tinc.conf
[...]
> Device = utun0
> 
> root at mbam1 /opt/homebrew/etc/tinc/wendtvpn # tincd -D --debug=8 -n wendtvpn
> tincd 1.0.36 starting, debug level 8
> Could not connect utun socket: Resource busy
> 
> Terminating
> 
> Before I go and start compiling things myself (and possibly try to debug
> things), is this a route bound to end in a dead end? Is tinc known to work
> with utun on Mac OS X Big Sur on M1/Apple Silicon (with or without Rosetta)?

The goal is to have it work with utun. However, first check if nothing
else is using utun0. Maybe try Device = utun1.

> Should I try with 1.1?
> arm64 or i386/Rosetta?

Yes, please try 1.1. It should compile fine for arm64, no need for
Rosetta.

> Anything I need to enable (some magic scutil command or similar) to get
> utun to work?

I don't know about any magic commands unfortunately.

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