From: Guus Sliepen Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:55:56 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Document OpenBSD "ifconfig link0" and Linux "ip tuntap" commands. X-Git-Tag: release-1.0.18~3 X-Git-Url: https://git.tinc-vpn.org/git/browse?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6225b1884a25af4debc2d0821a4c377ddbaec696;p=tinc Document OpenBSD "ifconfig link0" and Linux "ip tuntap" commands. --- diff --git a/doc/tinc.texi b/doc/tinc.texi index bddc39a0..4aaf507c 100644 --- a/doc/tinc.texi +++ b/doc/tinc.texi @@ -2404,7 +2404,6 @@ For IPv4 addresses: @tab @code{netsh interface ip set address} @var{interface} @code{static} @var{address} @var{netmask} @end multitable - For IPv6 addresses: @multitable {Darwin (MacOS/X)} {ifconfig route add -bla network address netmask netmask prefixlength interface} @@ -2426,6 +2425,22 @@ For IPv6 addresses: @tab @code{netsh interface ipv6 add address} @var{interface} @code{static} @var{address}/@var{prefixlength} @end multitable +On some platforms, when running tinc in switch mode, the VPN interface must be set to tap mode with an ifconfig command: + +@multitable {Darwin (MacOS/X)} {ifconfig route add -bla network address netmask netmask prefixlength interface} +@item OpenBSD +@tab @code{ifconfig} @var{interface} @code{link0} +@end multitable + +On Linux, it is possible to create a persistent tun/tap interface which will +continue to exist even if tinc quit, although this is normally not required. +It can be useful to set up a tun/tap interface owned by a non-root user, so +tinc can be started without needing any root privileges at all. + +@multitable {Darwin (MacOS/X)} {ifconfig route add -bla network address netmask netmask prefixlength interface} +@item Linux +@tab @code{ip tuntap add dev} @var{interface} @code{mode} @var{tun|tap} @code{user} @var{username} +@end multitable @c ================================================================== @node Routes