From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Mar 19 17: 1:43 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from awfulhak.org (dynamic-118.max4-du-ws.dialnetwork.pavilion.co.uk [212.74.9.246]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0084037B820 for ; Sun, 19 Mar 2000 17:01:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (root@hak.lan.awfulhak.org [172.16.0.12]) by awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA16922; Mon, 20 Mar 2000 00:57:04 GMT (envelope-from brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA22832; Mon, 20 Mar 2000 00:56:52 GMT (envelope-from brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <200003200056.AAA22832@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Sergei Vyshenski Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@hak.lan.awfulhak.org Subject: Re: tun0 lost in 4.0 In-Reply-To: Message from Sergei Vyshenski of "Mon, 20 Mar 2000 01:07:55 +0300." <3.0.5.32.20000320010755.007b6500@vivaldi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 00:56:52 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Can not revive tun0 interface after moving to 4.0 from 3.4 > in a way that src/UPDATING teaches. > > Kernel file has "pseudo-device tun 1", kernel builds ok; > ./MAKEDEV tun0 in /dev does not complain; > but ifconfig says: "interface tun0 does not exist" > > Actually, I need tun0 to accept incoming user-ppp, > and would be happy to hear of workaround at least. Just start ppp. The open() of the tun device creates the interface. > Thank you in advance. > Sergei -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message