Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 10:40:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/11981: access to tunN devices not allowed to non-root despite permissions Message-ID: <199906011740.KAA72809@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/11981; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com>
To: mi@aldan.algebra.com
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@Awfulhak.org
Subject: Re: kern/11981: access to tunN devices not allowed to non-root despite permissions
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 12:34:33 -0500
On Tue, Jun 1, 1999, Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> 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
No, it just means you can't use 'cat' on tunX. Try running
'ppp' with it.
--
Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com>
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