Re: [Openvpn-users] tun on a small Linux-System

[Jeremy Apple <japple@xxxxxxxx>]

On Dec 5, 2003, at 5:27 PM, Markus Wenke wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I try to get openVPN on a small Linux-System (2.4.22)
> I compiled the tun-module and openvpn, and "insmod tun" worked fine. 
> But if I try so set up the net-Device with ifconfig, ifconfig can't find the device:
> SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
> SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device
> SIOCSIFMTU: No such device
> SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
>
> The Linux-System have no modules.conf, so how can I say ifconfig that it must use the tun module for the net-Device?
>
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Markus

Does the tun device exist in the /dev directory?  It should either be in the root of /dev or /dev/net.  If it does not exist, try the command below.

<x-tad-bigger>make device node:         mknod /dev/net/tun c 10 200</x-tad-bigger>

Jeremy