Re: [gentoo-user] Getting udev to create tun devices
Robin Atwood schreef: I need a device /dev/net/tun to use with hercules. tun is defined in the kernel and the traditional mknode method works fine but I loose it after a reboot. After a bit of research I added: # tun device for hercules KERNEL==tun, NAME=net/tun to /etc/udev/50-udev.rules but it doesn't seem to hack it. :( Anybody any ideas? TIA -Robin. Hey, Robin, I don't know what, if anything, is wrong with your rule, but I'm almost sure you're adding it to the wrong file. (from a Linux Format article about udev): - Making up the rules The rules are contained in files in /etc/udev/rules.d. The default file is usually called 50-udev.rules. Don’t change this file as it could be overwritten when you upgrade udev. Instead, write your rules in a file called 10-udev.rules. The low number ensures it will take priority over any definitions in the default file. - Basically, the 50-udev.rules file is the system default rules (managed by Portage, in that if udev is updated, this file will also be updated), local changes should go in 10-udev.rules (which is unmanaged by Portage, I believe). Anyway, it's possible that not using a higher-priority rules file to create this rule is part of your problem, either because another rule in the 50 file overrides it, or because your rule is being removed everytime you update udev, which has been happening a lot lately. Hope this helps until somebody with more familiarity with that particular device and custom udev rules comes along. Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Getting udev to create tun devices
Hi, On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 19:48:49 +0700 Robin Atwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need a device /dev/net/tun to use with hercules. tun is defined in the kernel and the traditional mknode method works fine but I loose it after a reboot. That's pretty normal. I think the application using the tun device is supposed to create them by issueing a few (?) syscalls. FYI, openvpn can do this and can create persistent tun-Sockets. you may want to emerge openvpn and enter the following in /etc/conf.d/local.start: ---snip openvpn --mktun --dev tun0 ---snip Udev should then take care of creating the device. -hwh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Getting udev to create tun devices
On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 19:48:49 +0700, Robin Atwood wrote: I need a device /dev/net/tun to use with hercules. tun is defined in the kernel and the traditional mknode method works fine but I loose it after a reboot. The device is created when you load the tun module. you don;t need a udev rule unless you want to change its name, ownership or permissions. -- Neil Bothwick I do not fear computers, I fear the lack of them - Asimov signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Getting udev to create tun devices
On Tuesday 07 February 2006 20:46, Holly Bostick wrote: Robin Atwood schreef: I need a device /dev/net/tun to use with hercules. tun is defined in the kernel and the traditional mknode method works fine but I loose it after a reboot. After a bit of research I added: # tun device for hercules KERNEL==tun, NAME=net/tun to /etc/udev/50-udev.rules but it doesn't seem to hack it. :( Anybody any ideas? TIA -Robin. Hey, Robin, I don't know what, if anything, is wrong with your rule, but I'm almost sure you're adding it to the wrong file. Hope this helps until somebody with more familiarity with that particular device and custom udev rules comes along. Thanks for the input, but it didn't make any difference. -Robin. -- -- Robin Atwood. Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst from Mandalay by Rudyard Kipling -- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Getting udev to create tun devices
On Tuesday 07 February 2006 21:09, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 19:48:49 +0700, Robin Atwood wrote: I need a device /dev/net/tun to use with hercules. tun is defined in the kernel and the traditional mknode method works fine but I loose it after a reboot. The device is created when you load the tun module. you don;t need a udev rule unless you want to change its name, ownership or permissions. OK, I have to lead the module first. All is clear... :) Cheers... -Robin. -- -- Robin Atwood. Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst from Mandalay by Rudyard Kipling -- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Getting udev to create tun devices
Robin Atwood wrote on 02/07/06 13:48: I need a device /dev/net/tun to use with hercules. tun is defined in the kernel and the traditional mknode method works fine but I loose it after a reboot. After a bit of research I added: # tun device for hercules KERNEL==tun, NAME=net/tun to /etc/udev/50-udev.rules but it doesn't seem to hack it. :( Anybody any ideas? I have this in my /etc/udev/rules.d/10-udev-rules # N.B.: Using := prevents later rules modifying parameters, # 50-dev-rules will reset device permissions to 600. KERNEL==tun, NAME=net/%k,MODE:=666 If you're not running hercules as root, you will need at least file mode 660. Also, you should set /usr/bin/hercifc suid, otherwise hercules will not be able to create the tun device for you. Cheers, Dave -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
