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[Clapper]

I am trying to get a simple vpn setup to and from my Gentoo linode. I emerged the Openvpn software without trouble on my node and on my home client.

The Openvpn site says I have to do this:

Code: TUN/TAP Setup:

 If you are using Linux 2.4 or higher, make the tun device node and load the tun module:
mknod /dev/net/tun c 10 200

modprobe tun



However, unfortunately I get this error when modprobing the "tun":

Code:
www root # modprobe tun
modprobe: Can't open dependencies file /lib/modules/2.4.26-linode27/modules.dep (No such file or directory)



I am guessing that this is some module that was not configured into my pre-built kernel? Am I hosed? Is this something that I could address by getting the kernel sources and trying to build the needed modules? Anyone running Openvpn that could help me out?

Thanks much in advance,

Clapper

[Clapper]

PS.

When I ran the

Code:
mknod /dev/net/tun c 10 200


it said that the dev already exists.

Maybe the "tun" is already in the kernel?

I'm kind of groping here, obviously! Clues appreciated,

Clapper

[caker]

Tuntap support is already compiled into the Linode kernels.

Next! :)

-Chris

[caker]

Maybe you need the "tunctl" utility?

You can grab the latest here:
http://uml.linode.com/uml_utilities_20040406.tar.bz2
(Linode.com's User-Mode Linux mirror)

-Chris