Subj : Re: Listening on a specific IPv6 address.
To   : Kees van Eeten
From : Tony Langdon
Date : Tue Jan 09 2018 10:45 am

-=> Kees van Eeten wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

 KvE>  On all experimental en active versions of Binkd i use:

 KvE>  listen 0.0.0.0

That's not an option for me, and listen ipv4-address works fine, FYI.

 KvE>  So I tried
 KvE>  listen [ipv6-addres]

 KvE>  I got the same error as you do. ;((

Glad someone else has managed to reproduce this. :(

 KvE>  I have also something nagging in the back of my mind, that I was
 KvE> looking into
 KvE>  this, either for binkd or jammnntpd. I think it prooved to be the
 KvE> change in
 KvE>  name of an element of a structure or the name of a constant.

 KvE>  The problem is that I currently cannot remember where and how I solved
 KvE> this.
 KvE>  So I actually wonder if anybody is using the listen option for
 KvE>  specified IPv6 addresses on a linux system?

 KvE>  It is clear, that it is somewhere in the call to open a listen socket.

 KvE>  I will have a look these comming days, but don't hold your breath.

OK, thanks.  I am able to listen on IPv4, and have a second port setup for
IPv4/v6 incoming sessions.


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