[wellylug] making a new device permanent

[Geraint Jones]

if all else fails stick mknod /dev/net/tun c 10 200 in rc.local

On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 00:06 +1300, Jamie Baddeley wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> For one reason or another, due to fooling around with vtun, I need to
> create a new device... ok, straight forward enough...
> 
> "...If the device /dev/net/tun is (still) missing, create it
> with mknod /dev/net/tun c 10 200.."
> 
> Right I do that. And magically the device is created. Yay!
> 
> So, I reboot the machine, and guess what? - device is gone - and I need
> to recreate it... bugger.
> 
> Any ideas on how to apply some permanence to my tun device???
> makedev?devfsd?
> 
> cheers
> 
> jamie
> 
> -- 
> Jamie Baddeley <wellylug at vpc.co.nz>
> 
> 

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