tinc - Jan 2002 - Problem withs hosts/ -files & Ethertap with 2.4.x

Hello folks!

I have a little problem when I'm trying to set up a small VPN between two
hosts.
The problem is that when I try to sepcify an IP-adress in
/etc/tinc/netname/hosts/hostfile using Adress = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx syslog says;
Invalid variable name on line 2 while reading config file
/etc/tinc/boppen/hosts/melc

(Line 2 is the Adress = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx line, and melc is the host I'm
trying to connect to - the IP adress is correct)

I got this on both hosts, but I deleted the line on the listening host so
the problem is only left on the host that should connect ;-)

Anyone that knows what this could be? (Kernel=2.4.16, tincd=1.0pre4)

A other small question I have is; is it possible to use the "old"
Ethertap
instead of the universal TUN/TAP by just compile it into the kernel and
create the /dev-files? I can't recompile tincd and I get the "File
descriptor in bad state"-error when trying to use the universal TUN/TAP.

Thanks!

Best regards, Lars Fredriksson

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On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 08:41:12PM +0100, Lars Fredriksson wrote:
> The problem is that when I try to sepcify an IP-adress in
> /etc/tinc/netname/hosts/hostfile using Adress = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx syslog
says;
> Invalid variable name on line 2 while reading config file
> /etc/tinc/boppen/hosts/melc
Address is spelled with 2 d's :).
 ^^
> A other small question I have is; is it possible to use the "old"
Ethertap
> instead of the universal TUN/TAP by just compile it into the kernel and
> create the /dev-files? I can't recompile tincd and I get the "File
> descriptor in bad state"-error when trying to use the universal
TUN/TAP.
Yes that's possible. However, I'm curious, why can you compile a kernel
but not tinc?

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  Guus Sliepen <guus@sliepen.warande.net>
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On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 08:41:12PM +0100, Lars Fredriksson
wrote:
> Hello folks!
> 
> I have a little problem when I'm trying to set up a small VPN between
two
> hosts.
> The problem is that when I try to sepcify an IP-adress in
> /etc/tinc/netname/hosts/hostfile using Adress = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx syslog
says;
> Invalid variable name on line 2 while reading config file
> /etc/tinc/boppen/hosts/melc
> 
> (Line 2 is the Adress = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx line, and melc is the host I'm
> trying to connect to - the IP adress is correct)
> 
I beleive this line should be Address not Adress.

Regards,

  Gerry

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Guus Sliepen wrote:
>
>Thanks, that helped a lot. Fortunately, the bug was fixed in CVS 5 days
>after the version you checked out. You can checkout a later version.
>Please read http://mail.nl.linux.org/tinc-cvs/2001-06/ for details about
>the changes in CVS around that time, and pick the version that works for
>you. Alternatively, checkout the latest revision of branch
"pre4-cube".
>
>By the way, pre5 is nearing a release.
>
I checked out the June 6th version from CVS.
That fixed up the problem nicely.

    Thanks!



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