Could not open /dev/net/tun

Henry Burbano hburbano at novadevices.com
Thu Sep 30 17:44:02 CEST 2004


Thanks a lot, I had comments in my configuration files, and it was the
error.
Sorry but I am new using tinc.

But I have another question, Wich one is the next step, I run ifconfig:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:30:48:42:63:18
          inet addr:192.168.1.5  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:108059 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:88665 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0
          RX bytes:18139557 (17.2 Mb)  TX bytes:21475748 (20.4 Mb)

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:30:48:42:63:19
          inet addr:200.22.22.2  Bcast:200.22.22.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:845 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:845 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0
          RX bytes:71622 (69.9 Kb)  TX bytes:71622 (69.9 Kb)

vpn.: error fetching interface information: Device not found



and the logs are:

tincd 1.0.2 (May  5 2004 14:06:12) starting, debug level 5
/dev/net/tun is a Linux tun/tap device (tun mode)
Executing script tinc-up
SIOCSIFHWADDR: No such device
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
vpn.: unknown interface: No such device
SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device
vpn.: unknown interface: No such device
SIOCADDRT: No such device
Script tinc-up exited with non-zero status 7
Creating metasocket failed: Address family not supported by protocol
Listening on 0.0.0.0 port 655
Ready


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