[plug] Debian UML networking

[Ryan]

On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 09:45 +0800, Matt Kemner wrote:
> On Wed, 18 May 2005, quoth Ryan:
> 
> > Can anyone explain (or link to) in a definitive way how to get a UML box
> > on Debian talking to the outside world?
> 
> This is what I do for one of my UML hosts "sid" using the Debian
> uml-utilities package.
> 
> Add the user that the uml runs as ("sid") to uml-net in /etc/group
> 
> In /etc/network/interfaces on the host:
> 
> auto tap1
> iface tap1 inet static
>         address 202.72.143.121
>         netmask 255.255.255.248
>         up route add 202.72.143.122 dev tap1
>         tunctl_user sid
> 
> On the uml command line: eth0=tuntap,tap1

Done all that but it won't create the tap1 device - doing it manually
says:

SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
tap1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

Do I need to create the /dev/net/tun device with chnod or something, or
do I really need to recompile a kernel with the tun module in it to use
on the host system (unfortunately not an option at present) ?

Thanks,

Ryan
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part
URL: <http://lists.plug.org.au/pipermail/plug/attachments/20050518/46876a9c/attachment.pgp>