ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): Destination address required

[Ben]

Hi,

am trying to connect two servers via tincd and it worked. But something happend "over night" and now when I start tincd I get

ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): Destination address required

when I run [cmd=]ifconfig tun0 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0[/cmd]

I googled but could not find a helpful answer. I can not remember if I had changed something.

Thanks for help.

 

[wblock@]

How are you running ifconfig--from /etc/rc.conf (please show), or from a separate script?

 

[Ben]

No, tincd uses its own script called "tinc-up".

There it says:

ifconfig $INTERFACE 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0

The interface name is configured to be tun0. So there is no difference if I run the command manually.

 

[Ben]

Strange, I removed the line

mode = switch

and now it seems to work. I will close this thread if it's still working tomorrow

 

[wblock@]

Be careful when using variables with interface names. There might be race conditions where an interface is not created or configured in time. If you're using DHCP, try SYNCDHCP instead.

 

[Ben]

Thanks for the hint. Im not using DHCP but I will modify the script.

Thanks.