[fpga-miniconf] could not configure /dev/net/tun (tap0): Operation not permitted

Marc MERLIN marc at merlins.org
Fri Jan 12 17:25:16 AEDT 2018


On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 01:06:58PM +1100, Tim 'mithro' Ansell wrote:
> You might want to check for things like SELinux or AppArmor, the operations
> on the tun/tap interfaces might require extra privileges that are getting
> blocked?
> 
> It could also be that chmod isn't enough and you actually need to do the
> "sudo tunctl -t tap0 -u $(whoami)" operation? There also seems to be rumors
> on the internet that you need not just rw but execute permission on the
> tap/tun interfaces?

Well, that was the issue, tunctl fixed it.

Thanks,
Marc
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