Re: [Openvpn-users] OpenVPN CentOS Problem Issue

[David S. <ope...@to...>]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

On 03/06/11 02:34, Joselito Tapangan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  When I run as root the command modinfo tun the display is this.
> /
> filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.18-194.32.1.el5/kernel/drivers/net/tun.ko
> alias:          char-major-10-200
> license:        GPL
> author:         (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <ma...@qu...
> <mailto:ma...@qu...>>
> description:    Universal TUN/TAP device driver
> srcversion:     23EC8E176639DE5F2DA2D21
> depends:       
> vermagic:       2.6.18-194.32.1.el5 SMP mod_unload 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.1
> module_sig:    
> 883f3504d24ffbb59f555817d939ea9112a82c09f6a8588888271f5528944640a3f7bdd769eaaa760a08a76254af60772266157edea59dfbde7f294c70
> /
> When I run as root the modprobe tun. There is no error display but also
> there is no output. It goes directly to the prompt.
> 

[please, don't top post]

When modprobe do give any output, it means everything is okay.  The command
most likely worked fine.  You can verify that by doing as JJK suggested:

  lsmod | grep tun

If you see a line with 'tun' listed, it means the tun module is loaded and
ready to be used.


kind regards,

David Sommerseth


> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 4:42 AM, Jan Just Keijser <ja...@ni...
> <mailto:ja...@ni...>> wrote:
> 
>     do (as root)
>      modinfo tun
>      modprobe tun
> 
>     if the second command returns an error , then there's something wrong
>     with your CentOS installation ; after the 'modprobe' do an
>      lsmod | grep tun
>     to see if the device is actually listed.
> 
>     HTH,
> 
>     JJK
> 

[...snip...]
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/

iEYEARECAAYFAk3ojh0ACgkQDC186MBRfro5TgCgig5fz6v2xFXJ68tS5dB3IHNw
lwAAnifkPMnbsfdijj+elw8bNq6Q26oo
=zv0W
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----