Tailscale: How to re-authenticate in Linux

[jackielii]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

On Mac, there is a "Log Out" option, but on linux, following the official instructions, there is no easy way to figure out how to "log out"

I tried sudo apt remove --purge tailscale then reinstall, it still says "already authenticated, nothing to do"

Eventually I figured out I had to sudo rm -rf /var/lib/tailscale

Describe the solution you'd like

Be able to run command like so:

sudo tailscale up -h # find out what's there
sudo tailscale up -re-authenticate # prompt url to re-authenticate

Describe alternatives you've considered

I tried remove + purge the package, the /var/lib/tailscale/tailscaled.state seems to be the file left behind that contains the keys and tokens.

[bhyde]

Random tailscale user here, but yeah. Deleting /var/lib/tailscale/tailscaled.state and then running tailscale up ...etc... is how I reauthenticate/reinstall a Linux device.

I don't recall what venue I learned this in, but it is a known shortcoming.

[apenwarr]

Duplicate of #274. Sorry, we're working on it :)

[hotohoto]

Maybe sudo tailscale down && sudo rm -rf /var/lib/tailscale && sudo tailscale up -force-auth or sudo tailscale down && sudo rm /var/lib/tailscale/tailscaled.state && sudo tailscale up -force-auth would work.

[apenwarr]

In newer versions, I don't think you should need to delete the files
anymore. Just tailscale up --force-reauth should work.
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On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 2:02 AM Hoyeong Heo [e-mail] wrote:

Maybe sudo tailscale down && sudo rm -rf /var/lib/tailscale && sudo
tailscale up -force-auth or sudo tailscale down && sudo rm
/var/lib/tailscale/tailscaled.state && sudo tailscale up -force-auth
would work.

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