Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1998 23:06:56 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: groggy@iname.com Cc: freebsd-questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: tunX = RUNNING, NOT! Message-ID: <199810032206.XAA00567@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 02 Oct 1998 01:44:03 -0800." <Pine.BSF.3.96.981002013655.919A-100000@abc.xyz.net>
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> i'm ending up with useless
> tunX (ppp) devices on a dialup
> server. they disappear if i
> reboot the machine, but otherwise,
> i can't get rid of bogus
>
> tunX: flags=8050<POINTTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>
> lines in my ifconfig -a output.
>
> they should say:
>
> tunX: flags=8010<POINTTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>
> what causes this? and what can i do about it?
Check out ``15.1.2. Building a ppp ready kernel'' in the handbook.
> it's causing me to run out of available
> tunX devices. 2.2.7 running ppp -alias.
The RUNNING flag just indicates that the interface has been used
before. It doesn't prevent the device from being opened again.
> i have a feeling it's from
> bad connects/disconnects ...
The only thing that should prevent a tun device from being used is if
another process has it open. Try running ``fstat /dev/tunX'' to see
what's upsetting things.
--
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org>
<http://www.Awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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