[root@sjl openvpn-1.1.1]# ./openvpn --remote sjl --dev tun0 --ifconfig
10.4.0.1 10.4.0.2 --verb 8 --mktun
You are mixing persistent and non-persistent tun device usage.
For persistent usage, the --mktun flag is used to initially create a
persistent tun device, so you would do something like:
openvpn --mktun --dev tun0
to initially make the tun device, then
ifconfig tun0 10.1.0.7 pointopoint 10.1.0.8
to configure it, then
openvpn --remote sjl --dev tun0 --verb 8
to create the tunnel.
Alternatively, you could do the same thing with a non-persistent tun device
with just a single command:
openvpn --remote sjl --dev tun0 --ifconfig 10.4.0.1 10.4.0.2 --verb 8
or
openvpn --remote sjl --dev tun --ifconfig 10.4.0.1 10.4.0.2 --verb 8
Another problem is that this error:
34: Cannot open TUN/TAP dev /dev/tun0: No such file or directory (errno=2)
seems to indicate that your openvpn was built with the old TUN/TAP driver.
OpenVPN's configure script should sense whether the old or new tun driver is
available and adjust accordingly. If your openvpn was trying to access the
new driver (as it should with kernel 2.4.16), and there was an open problem
on the tun dev, you would have got an error that looked like this:
Cannot open TUN/TAP dev /dev/net/tun: [some error here]
One thing to look for is the presence of the file
/usr/include/linux/if_tun.h -- if that file exists, it tells the openvpn
build process to assume the new tun/tap driver (which supports persistent
tunnels). If it is not found, openvpn will assume the old driver which uses
/dev/tunx rather than /dev/net/tun -- and building with the old driver will
also cause the --mktun and --rmtun options in openvpn to go away.
So first, let's resolve the ambiguity of old tun driver vs. new and
persistent tunnel vs. non-persistent.
Then, if you are using the new tun/tap driver (which should be bundled with
your kernel), make sure you do:
Make device: mknod /dev/net/tun c 10 200
Load driver: modprobe tun
Openvpn can never seem to find any tun devices. I've also tried "--dev
net/tun" and "--dev /dev/net/tun0" and "--dev tun7" and always get the
same result. I am running kernel 2.4.16, and have the tun/tap module
installed. I've also created /dev/net/tun, and added the appropriate
line into my modules.conf as outlined in the tun/tap module
documentation. I'm trying this as root.
You should never need to say anything other than --dev tun or --dev tunx
where x is a number.
Ifconfig also fails:
[root@sjl openvpn-1.1.1]# ifconfig tun0 10.1.0.7 pointopoint 10.1.0.8
mtu 1450
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
tun0: unknown interface: No such device
SIOCSIFDSTADDR: No such device
tun0: unknown interface: No such device
SIOCSIFMTU: No such device
I noticed there used to be a "--mktun" flag, but that doesnt seem to be
working for me either. What am I doing wrong?
The mktun flag disappears if openvpn thinks you are using the old tun/tap
driver (this determination is made by configure at build time) which doesn't
support persistent tun/tap devs.
James
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