From nobody@FreeBSD.org Fri Mar 17 12:31:15 2000 Return-Path: Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4489637B596 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 2000 12:31:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id MAA00132; Fri, 17 Mar 2000 12:31:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <200003172031.MAA00132@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 12:31:15 -0800 (PST) From: larse@isi.edu Sender: nobody@FreeBSD.org To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: 4.0-STABLE: cannot set up tun devices X-Send-Pr-Version: www-1.0 >Number: 17442 >Category: kern >Synopsis: 4.0-STABLE: cannot set up tun devices >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Mar 17 12:40:01 PST 2000 >Closed-Date: Fri Mar 17 13:00:52 PST 2000 >Last-Modified: Fri Mar 17 13:02:06 PST 2000 >Originator: Lars Eggert >Release: 4.0-STABLE >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD hbo.isi.edu 4.0-STABLE FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE #20: Fri Mar 17 11:42:29 PST 2000 larse@hbo.isi.edu:/usr/src/sys/compile/PRECISION i386 >Description: I've enabled tun tunnels in the kernel pseudo-device tun # Packet tunnel. and made the devices [hbo: ~] ll /dev/tun* crw------- 1 uucp 52, 0 Mar 17 11:19 /dev/tun0 crw------- 1 uucp 52, 1 Mar 16 16:16 /dev/tun1 crw------- 1 uucp 52, 2 Mar 16 16:16 /dev/tun2 crw------- 1 uucp 52, 3 Mar 16 16:16 /dev/tun3 however, ifconfig tells me there are no tun interfaces there: [hbo: ~] ifconfig -a | grep tun What am I missing? >How-To-Repeat: see above >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: brian State-Changed-When: Fri Mar 17 13:00:52 PST 2000 State-Changed-Why: Tun interfaces are now created on the fly. If you run ppp, tun0 will appear... if you run ``ppp -unit 100'', tun100 will appear. >Unformatted: