[Mageia-discuss] ipv6 tunnel software

[Ahmad Samir]

On 11 June 2011 18:54, Jim Whitby <jim at whitby-jr.org> wrote:
> On 06/10/2011 02:40 PM, Balcaen John wrote:
>>
>> Le vendredi 10 juin 2011 09:46:15, Jim Whitby a écrit :
>>>
>>> For anyone who has attempted/used gogo6 ( freenet6 ) tunnel program.
>>>
>>> *If* you have a problem running as a router.
>>>
>>> The anomaly is that there isn't a user named radvd and a dir named
>>> /var/run/radvd owned by radvd.
>>>
>>> This almost drove me nuts for a over a week.
>>>
>>> I'd really like to see this packaged for Mga.
>>>
>> You want to a package for freenet6 ? or radvd? (which is already
>> available)
>>
>> Regards,
>>
> Sorry, didn't mean to be ambiguous.
>
> Freenet6 is what I was intending ( or actually gogoc ) for packaging.
>
> Just to clarify: the anomaly is in the gogoc prog, it presumes the radvd usr
> & dir exist.
>
> To expand on the anomaly, Radvd does not create a usr for itself or a run
> dir under var. OK no biggie.

Next radvd package will create a radvd user (and group), also
/var/run/radvd/ is created and owned by radvd.

> Gogoc presumes these *do* exist and makes no checks to verify them.
>
> This is only applicable if you're attempting to run gogoc as a router.
>
> --
> e-credibility: the non-guaranteeable likelihood that the electronic data
> you're seeing is genuine rather than somebody's made-up crap.
> - Karl Lehenbauer
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> Mageia release 1 (Official) for x86_64
> 2.6.38.7-desktop-1.mga x86_64
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Ahmad Samir