Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 01:43:02 GMT From: Guido Boehm <send-pr.fbsd@lenix.de> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/90413: tap0 interface not configured at boot-time Message-ID: <200512150143.jBF1h27x095625@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200512150150.jBF1o2hR009424@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 90413 >Category: misc >Synopsis: tap0 interface not configured at boot-time >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Dec 15 01:50:02 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Guido Boehm >Release: 6.0-STABLE >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD xyz.unixuni.net 6.0-STABLE FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE #2: Fri Dec 9 01:44:12 CET 2005 root@xyz.unixuni.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/XYZ i386 >Description: adding a "tap0"-interface to "network_interfaces" or "cloned_interfaces" in "/etc/rc.conf" results in this message repeated two times during system startup: "ifconfig: interface tap0 does not exist" "device tap" is in kernel-configuration, "openvpn" can open and utilize "tap0" without any problems. i use "/etc/start_if.tap0" as a workaround: $ cat /etc/start_if.tap0 #!/bin/sh echo 1 > /dev/tap0 for me this is important since "named" couldn't bind to that interface/ip otherwise, by the time "openvpn" allocates it "named" has already dropped priviliges (running as user "bind") >How-To-Repeat: see description >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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