netdev - Re: iproute2 tunnel name parsing

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Thu, 17 Sep 2015 23:10:57 +0300
From:	Vadim Kochan <vadim4j@...il.com>
To:	Wilhelm Wijkander <lists@...e.se>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: iproute2 tunnel name parsing

On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 09:55:29PM +0200, Wilhelm Wijkander wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to create a sit tunnel called "hel": ip tun add hel mode
> sit remote 10.200.0.2 local 10.200.1.2 ttl 255, however it seems like
> this is interpreted as the help argument and I get the usage text. Is
> there a way to escape names that I've missed, or is this an error
> somewhere in argv parsing?
> 
> (I'm not subscribed, so a cc would be appreciated)
> Thanks,
> Wilhelm
> --
> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
> the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
> More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

Hi Wilhelm,

You can use 'name' before 'hel' like:

    $ ip tun add name hel mode sit remote 10.200.0.2 local 10.200.1.2 ttl 255

and it should work, actually I just tried and it works.

Regards,
Vadim Kochan
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html