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"great flower page"? Wasn't that the one at http://www.nongnu.org/util-vserver/doc/conf/configuration.html? Looks like it's been... "fixed" now :D --[[User:Daniel15|<span style="color: darkblue; font-weight: bold;">Daniel15</span>]] <big>(</big><sup>[[User talk:Daniel15|Talk]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Daniel15|Contribs]]</sub><big>)</big> 12:42, 24 January 2007 (CET)
  
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== VPNC problem with tun ==
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Dear Vserver users,
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I know some explanation was given about the TUN device on a vserver with openvpn
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I'm trying to get vpnc to work on a virtual server.
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I can't use openvpn because I need to connect to a Cisco PIX that only understands IPSEC.
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I've created /dev/net/tun with
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apt-get install uml-utilities
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# cd /var/lib/vserver/<myopenvpnserver>/dev/
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# ./MAKEDEV tun
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as suggested. I don't use a tap interface
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my vpnc.conf is
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IPSec gateway x.x.x.x
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IPSec ID somename
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IPSec secret somepass
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Xauth username some username
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Xauth password some pass
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Now when i try to do vpnc-connect on my vserver, I get :
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vpnc: can't initialise tunnel interface: Operation not permitted
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chown 777 /dev/net/tun doesn't help
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Please help me out here
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== About memory limits for a guest ==
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Since RSS is used to limit the memory resource for a guest. If processes in a guest use share libraries (libssl.so, libpam.so, etc...), are the shared parts of RSS in every process counted as the memory usage?
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In this situation, if I set the RSS hard limits to 256M, in fact the guest can not use up to a 256M real physical memory, maybe much less than 256M. Because some shared part are counted as privately used. Is that true?
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== How do i install nagios-plugins on a Gentoo guest? ==
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This seems to be another play on the Problamatic_Programs 127.0.0.1 issue. If it is not a FAQ, I suggest that this is not either but instead be merged with the other onto Problamatic Programs.
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Perhaps there should be a FAQ starting point entry for localhost / loopback issues pointing to a full page. I know I took up a lot of Bertl and other's time on IRC today due to a backlog of confusion in my mind about it which had lead to a configuration that was tricky to troubleshoot.

Latest revision as of 02:59, 18 October 2008

"great flower page"? Wasn't that the one at http://www.nongnu.org/util-vserver/doc/conf/configuration.html? Looks like it's been... "fixed" now :D --Daniel15 (Talk/Contribs) 12:42, 24 January 2007 (CET)

[edit] VPNC problem with tun

Dear Vserver users,

I know some explanation was given about the TUN device on a vserver with openvpn

I'm trying to get vpnc to work on a virtual server. I can't use openvpn because I need to connect to a Cisco PIX that only understands IPSEC.

I've created /dev/net/tun with apt-get install uml-utilities

  1. cd /var/lib/vserver/<myopenvpnserver>/dev/
  2. ./MAKEDEV tun

as suggested. I don't use a tap interface

my vpnc.conf is IPSec gateway x.x.x.x IPSec ID somename IPSec secret somepass Xauth username some username Xauth password some pass

Now when i try to do vpnc-connect on my vserver, I get : vpnc: can't initialise tunnel interface: Operation not permitted

chown 777 /dev/net/tun doesn't help

Please help me out here

[edit] About memory limits for a guest

Since RSS is used to limit the memory resource for a guest. If processes in a guest use share libraries (libssl.so, libpam.so, etc...), are the shared parts of RSS in every process counted as the memory usage? In this situation, if I set the RSS hard limits to 256M, in fact the guest can not use up to a 256M real physical memory, maybe much less than 256M. Because some shared part are counted as privately used. Is that true?

[edit] How do i install nagios-plugins on a Gentoo guest?

This seems to be another play on the Problamatic_Programs 127.0.0.1 issue. If it is not a FAQ, I suggest that this is not either but instead be merged with the other onto Problamatic Programs.

Perhaps there should be a FAQ starting point entry for localhost / loopback issues pointing to a full page. I know I took up a lot of Bertl and other's time on IRC today due to a backlog of confusion in my mind about it which had lead to a configuration that was tricky to troubleshoot.

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