Hi,
I have installed tinc-1.0pre7-1.i386.rpm in redhat 7.2, followed the
documentation. While running daemon, its giving following error message
Jul 1 15:06:18 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
char-major-36
Jul 1 15:06:18 localhost tinc.percipia[1292]: Could not open /dev/misc/net/tun:
Nos uch device
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/etc/modules.conf
alias char-major-10-200 tun
[root@localhost log]# lsmod
Module Size Used by
tun 4320 0 (unused)
autofs 12224 0 (autoclean) (unused)
8139too 18784 1
ipt_state 928 2 (autoclean)
ip_nat_h323 4368 0 (autoclean) (unused)
ip_nat_ftp 4464 0 (autoclean) (unused)
ip_conntrack_ftp 4848 1 (autoclean) [ip_nat_ftp]
iptable_nat 25808 2 (autoclean) [ip_nat_h323 ip_nat_ftp]
ip_conntrack_h323 4464 1 (autoclean) [ip_nat_h323]
ip_conntrack 30320 4 (autoclean) [ipt_state ip_nat_h323 ip_nat_ftp
ip_conntrack_ftp iptable_nat ip_conntrack_h323]
iptable_filter 2032 1 (autoclean)
ip_tables 14592 5 [ipt_state iptable_nat iptable_filter]
[root@localhost log]# ls -l /dev/misc/net/tun
crw------- 1 root root 36, 17 Jul 1 14:44 /dev/misc/net/tun
[root@localhost percipia]# pwd
/etc/tinc/percipia
[root@localhost percipia]# cat tinc.conf
# Sample tinc configuration file
# This is a comment.
# Spaces and tabs are eliminated.
# The = sign isn't strictly necessary any longer, though you may want
# to leave it in as it improves readability :)
# Variable names are treated case insensitive.
# The name of this tinc host. Required.
Name = alpha
# The internet host to connect with.
# Comment these out to make yourself a listen-only connection
# You must use the name of another tinc host.
# May be used multiple times for redundance.
ConnectTo = beta
# The tap device tinc will use. Required.
# Default is /dev/tap0 for ethertap or FreeBSD,
# /dev/tun0 for Solaris and OpenBSD,
# and /dev/misc/net/tun for Linux tun/tap device.
Device = /dev/misc/net/tun
# The file in which the private key for this host is stored. Required.
PrivateKeyFile = /etc/tinc/percipia/rsa_key.priv
[root@localhost percipia]#
Jul 1 14:48:51 localhost tinc.percipia[1275]: tincd 1.0pre7 starting
Jul 1 14:48:51 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
char-major-36
Jul 1 14:48:51 localhost tinc.percipia[1275]: Could not open /dev/misc/net/tun:
No
such device
Jul 1 14:48:51 localhost tinc.percipia[1275]: Unrecoverable error
Jul 1 14:48:51 localhost tinc.percipia[1275]: Restarting in 900 seconds!
Jul 1 14:50:06 localhost kernel: Universal TUN/TAP device driver 1.4
(C)1999-2001 M
axim Krasnyansky
Jul 1 14:51:18 localhost tinc.percipia[1292]: tincd 1.0pre7 (Apr 25 2002
18:34:45)
starting, debug level 1
Jul 1 14:51:18 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
char-major-36
Jul 1 14:51:18 localhost tinc.percipia[1292]: Could not open /dev/misc/net/tun:
No
such device
Jul 1 14:51:18 localhost tinc.percipia[1292]: Unrecoverable error
Jul 1 14:51:18 localhost tinc.percipia[1292]: Restarting in 900 seconds!
Jul 1 15:06:18 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
char-major-36
Jul 1 15:06:18 localhost tinc.percipia[1292]: Could not open /dev/misc/net/tun:
No
such device
Jul 1 15:06:18 localhost tinc.percipia[1292]: Unrecoverable error
Jul 1 15:06:18 localhost tinc.percipia[1292]: Restarting in 900 seconds!
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