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On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 04:36:44PM +0100, Thierry Lacoste wrote:
> I have the following line in my kernel config file:
>    pseudo-device   tap                     # virtual Ethernet
>=20
> man 4 tap says concerning the cloning device:
>      A new interface is created at the
>      opening of /dev/tap, and is later destroyed when the last process us=
ing
>      the file descriptor closes it.
>=20
> When I run the following program below as root,
> I have a "Device not configured" error.
>=20
> #include <fcntl.h>
> int main()
> {
>     int fd =3D open("/dev/tap", O_RDWR);
>     perror(NULL);
> }
>=20
> How do I configure this device?

What does 'ls -l /dev/tap' look like?

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