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clach04

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Posted: Aug. 09 2007,16:50

Quote (greavette @ Aug. 08 2007,05:48)

I won't be able to try this outside of qemu until I have a spare drive. For now I can only run this from my USB using the embedded version.

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I did notice a message when I ran it again (not sure how I missed it the first time?). I use the following instruction:
"sudo vpnc /mnt/hdb/vpnc.conf --local-port 0 --script /etc/vpnc-script"
I'm asked to input my password and then I receive the following messages:
"readlink: /dev/net/tun: No such file or directory"
"VPNC started in background (pid: 631)..."

mmm, this could the the key difference. tun should just be available with DSL. What version are you using? I was testing the not-too old 3.3 version. I was using the live CD, it wasn't installed at all. You mention you don't have another drive. Do you mean you do not have a cdrom/dvd drive? I would suggest trying the live cd as it is very quick to test and doesn't need anything except ram :-) If the live cd works there maybe something missing from the USB version you have.

I get the impression that older releases of DSL either didn't have tun or a tun device was not created -- but I don't know the history at all so I could be 100% wrong here.

Good luck!

Chris

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Posted: Aug. 09 2007,17:11

Of course, the Live Cd...why didn't I think of that! Thanks, I'll give that a try.

I was pretty sure I was running the DSL-embedded 3.4 but maybe it is 3.3...I'll download 3.4 embedded version as well after using the Live CD to test it out.

Thanks for the tips!

greavette.

Jason W

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Posted: Aug. 13 2007,13:46

Here is an adjusted vpnc that creates /var/run/vpnc if it does not exist, creates /dev/net/tun if it does not exist, and inserts the tun module. The command is /usr/bin/vpnc-connect to connect, the script is in /etc/vpnc/vpnc-script. I used DSL 2.4 to build this .dsl so it should pretty much work on all DSL versions. Thanks to the feedback you have given, this extension should be useful. I will put it on my server when I get home and edit this post with the link for any who later want to download and use it. Thanks for both of your help. Here is the link:

http://74.237.17.82/dsl/vpnc-0.4.dsl

clach04

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Posted: Aug. 19 2007,19:34

Quote (Jason W @ Aug. 13 2007,09:46)

Here is an adjusted vpnc that creates /var/run/vpnc if it does not exist, creates /dev/net/tun if it does not exist, and inserts the tun module. The command is /usr/bin/vpnc-connect to connect.....

I finally had a free moment to try the new package. It is almost there, I had to edit /usr/bin/vpnc-connect to add command line param calls to /usr/bin/vpnc otherwise command line params were ignored. E.g.:

Add $*:

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exec /usr/bin/vpnc $*

I didn't have problems with tun before so hopefully greavette can test on his system.

I tested on dsl 3.3, I made the change above (placed my MYSERVER.conf file in/etc/vpnc ) and used:

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sudo vpnc-connect MYSERVER --local-port 0

Thanks for putting this together,

Chris

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