X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ian/git?p=userv-utils.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=ipif%2FINSTALL;h=71ba29d143b7ff62a3c99be516e2b7e9d76b6d42;hp=397a31d8b6c1753add5960c07b272bb3d3cf9b1c;hb=dd0d6c7ef9375390cfe9e633addc271f1be5fd0d;hpb=9028e234bb74a97396855e63d9ca598c1a554dc5 diff --git a/ipif/INSTALL b/ipif/INSTALL index 397a31d..71ba29d 100644 --- a/ipif/INSTALL +++ b/ipif/INSTALL @@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ BUILD AND INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 1. Install userv, 1.0.1 or later. This is in Debian GNU/Linux. -2. Make sure your Linux kernel has SLIP and CSLIP compiled in. - You will need to be using Linux 2.2 (with Unix98-style ptys). +2. Make sure your Linux kernel has SLIP and TUN compiled in. 3. udptunnel works best if your ssh can do ssh-protocol-level keepalives. Currently these are only supported by using a special @@ -34,18 +33,6 @@ BUILD AND INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS setting up SLIP interfaces. It might be possible in principle to create alternatives for other platforms. -`slattach' problem: - - There is a problem with some versions of `slattach' on Linux. If you - see a message from it about being unable to open /dev/2 or some such, - then you need to upgrade or patch your `slattach'. In Debian - GNU/Linux it's in the `netbase' package, and the fix is in Debian 2.1 - in 3.16-3 and later; however the bug has regressed, and is known to - be in Debian 2.2's 3.18-4 and earlier. The relevant Debian bug - reports are #45515 (now closed) and #45944. A patch to correct - 3.18-4 is provided here as `slattach.diff', and a fixed binary is - available from me. - UDPTUNNEL SETUP TUTORIAL @@ -489,14 +476,6 @@ UDPTUNNEL SETUP TUTORIAL invocations (ie, ones with a command specified) often have a different PATH. - slattach cannot open /dev/2 (or similar messages) - Your slattach is buggy. See under `slattach problem' in the build - and installation instructions, above. - - slattach cannot change line discipline (or some other weird message) - Check whether your kernel is compiled with SLIP and/or CSLIP - support. - * Other messages: udptunnel-forwarder: alice: bad packet: blowfish-cbcmac: verify failed