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Date:      Wed, 9 Feb 2005 22:09:58 +1030
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Cc:        matthias.andree@web.de
Subject:   Re: tun creation problem with security/openvpn
Message-ID:  <200502092209.59376.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <200502092204.34194.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
References:  <200502092204.34194.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>

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On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 22:04, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to using openvpn on a 4.x system but it doesn't seem to want =
to
> create tun devices and I can't make them by hand with ifconfig.
>
> I've currently worked around it by running PPP first which creates a tun
> device but it's a bit difficult to automate properly.
>
> I've tried this for ifconfig..
> [inchoate 22:01] ~ >sudo ifconfig tun0 create inet 1.2.3.4
> ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE: Invalid argument
> [inchoate 22:02] ~ >sudo ifconfig tun0 create inet 1.2.3.4 4.5.6.7
> ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE: Invalid argument
> [inchoate 22:02] ~ >sudo ifconfig tun0 create
> ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE: Invalid argument
>
> Anyone got any hints?

Ahh I found a work around..
cat /dev/null > /dev/tunN

Kind of strange openvpn doesn't open the dev node first though, I'll have a=
=20
closer look at it's code..

=2D-=20
Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
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are so many of them to choose from."
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