tinc 1.1pre. How to automatically start vpn tunnels? How to change the installation/config path to the same as tinc 1.0.x version from ubuntu repository?

[Håvard Rabbe]

This worked well:)
> ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var 

But  I can't get tinc to start automatically.
This is what I have tried so far:
I copied the file you sent me and placed it in /etc/init.d/. Renamed to tinc
I then made it executable with the command 'chmod +x tinc'
Then I used the update-rc.d command like this: 'update-rc.d tinc defaults 98 02'

The nets.boot file contains the name of the directory where the config files are stored.
But tinc is not starting when the computer is booting.

I beleive the paths to tincd and tincctl is correct in the tinc script. On my computer they are stored in /usr/sbin. The same as in the script file.

If I try to run '/etc/init.d/tinc start' manually but nothing is happening.

Is there something more I have to do to get this working? There has to be something vital i'm missing.

Thank you for your help. I'm very pleased.

Best regards,

Håvard Rabbe


On Feb 12, 2013, at 6:25 PM, Guus Sliepen <guus at tinc-vpn.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 07:02:29PM +0100, Håvard Rabbe wrote:
> 
>> I have compiled and installed tinc 1.1pre5 on a ubuntu machine.
>> 
>> With the tinc 1.0.x version that is included in the ubuntu repository I am used to having the config files in /etc/tinc/  and where each vpn has a own directory.
>> The file nets.boot placed in /etc/tinc where I can specify which vpn tunnels that is going to start automatically.
>> 
>> How can I get the vpn tunnels to start automatically in the tinc 1.1pre5 version that I have compiled and installed my self?
>> 
>> How can I change the installation path when I install 1.1pre5? Or is it maybe only config path I need to change?
>> It now looks for config in /usr/local/etc/tinc
>> I found out that it is probably something withe the "./configure --prefix=path" but I don't now what to type in to get the same location as in the tinc 1.0.x version.
> 
> You can write:
> 
> ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
> 
> This will configure tinc to read the configuration files from /etc/tinc, and
> will put its PID file in /var/run, just like the Ubuntu package of tinc 1.0.x.
> The binaries will then still be installed in /usr/local/sbin, so it will not
> conflict with any package you have also installed.
> 
> I've attached the init script from the 1.1~pre4 package from Debian's
> experimental repository. You should change the paths to tincd and tincctl to
> match where they are installed.
> 
> -- 
> Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
>     Guus Sliepen <guus at tinc-vpn.org>
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