Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 17:44:20 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: mi@aldan.algebra.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org, jpo@cs.nott.ac.uk, cgd@netbsd.org Subject: Re: unable to access tun-device Message-ID: <199906011644.RAA18419@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 01 Jun 1999 12:21:04 EDT." <199906011621.MAA41101@misha.cisco.com>
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> Is there something extra special about this files? This is on FreeBSD-3.0
>
> mi@chubby:~ (84) ls -l /dev/tun3
> crw-rw---- 1 mi dialer 52, 3 Jun 1 11:00 /dev/tun3
> mi@chubby:~ (85) groups
> mi dialer operator wheel
> mi@chubby:~ (86) cat /dev/tun3
> cat: /dev/tun3: Operation not permitted
> mi@chubby:~ (87) whoami
> mi
>
> How can I let non-root users use the interface without sudo, etc? Thanks!
You can't ``cat'' /dev/tun* as the driver refuses reads/writes from
non-root users. ppp(8) is careful to change it's userid when reading/
writing to the device.
You must be in group network to execute ppp and you must have an
appropriate ``allow user'' line - see the man page.
> -mi
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