Question regarding tun module

Products Support Rock960
#1

Hi, I am trying to install OpenVPN on ubuntu 18.04 bionic but having problem regarding TUN module.

This is the error I am getting:

Sun Feb 24 19:40:29 2019 ERROR: Cannot open TUN/TAP dev /dev/net/tun: No such device (errno=19)

I read that it has to do with the kernel.

TIA

#2

Either the kernel module is missing (rebuild kernel with CONFIG_TUN flag) or the device is not created (use mknod):
https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt

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#3

I think we have already enabled CONFIG_TUN as m. See

https://github.com/96rocks/kernel/blob/release-4.4-rock960/arch/arm64/configs/rockchip_linux_defconfig#L468

Which kernel version are you running? What uname -r shows?

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#4

Thanks @Loic, @hipboi, working now after following the below steps.
my board kernel:
# uname -r
4.4.154-59-rockchip-g5e70f14

mkdir /dev/net 
mknod /dev/net/tun c 10 200
chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun
modprobe tun

I just need to check later if it still loads after reboot.

#5

Those steps will not load after reboot. If you want it to happen automatically, you’ll need to add it to an init script.

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