On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Rob Townley <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 4:23 AM, Guus Sliepen <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 05:03:28PM -0600, Rob Townley wrote: > > > >> I have the habit of putting the name of the host within the host file > >> as a comment usually on the first line. Helps when files are renamed > >> and tracking. The new version exports Name = victor and so the old > >> comment style is not necessary. I would think the new version should > >> still simply ignore lines that begin with the '#' character. > >> > >> For example, a normal host file named victor that also contains the > >> following comment line: > >> #victor > >> > >> tincctl --net=mynet import victor > >> > >> fails with "Junk at the beginning of the input, ignoring." > >> The import hangs and does not seem to work. > > > > The problem is not the comment at the start of the file, it's that the > import > > command does not take another argument. It expects the input on stdin. > So, you > > should write instead: > > > > tincctl --net=mynet import < victor > > > > Also, the import command only properly works for data generated by the > export > > command. If you feed it a raw host config file, it will not work. I'll > clarify > > the manual and have it print an error message when you add arguments > after > > "import" or "export". > > > > -- > > Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards, > > Guus Sliepen <[email protected]> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > tinc mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.tinc-vpn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tinc > > > > i thought i tested it both ways, but i probably did not. i am very > pleased with the ssh examples of exporting and importing. Slick, but i > only have one node on 1.1pre4. i had already unix2dos my host files, so > not sure when i will test again. Will non-root users be able to execute > tincctl.exe import? > > It is worth repeating > http://www.tinc-vpn.org/documentation-1.1/tinc_4.html#How-to-configure > * > If you are the owner of bar yourself, and you have SSH access to that > computer, you can also swap the host configuration files using the > following commands: > > tincctl -n netname export | ssh bar.example.org tincctl -n netname import > ssh bar.example.org tincctl -n netname export | tincctl -n netname import > > * > Do the file permissions on /etc/tinc/myvpn/hosts/ solely determine who can run tincctl import?
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